Everton’s former chief Keith Wyness has claimed Chelsea could be hit by a points deduction for breaking spending rules if the sale of their women’s team isn’t approved.
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Speaking on the new edition of Football Insider’s Inside Track podcast, the 66-year-old – who served as CEO at Goodison Park between 2004 and 2009 and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs – insisted the Blues’ huge transfer spending spree was “always going to come back” to haunt them.
Chelsea transferred ownership of their women’s team to a BlueCo company during the 2023-24 campaign in a move which will have offset their losses during the season.
Wyness previously told Football Insider (16 October) that the London club will “have trouble” passing the deal through the Premier League after a recent judgement on associated party transaction (APT) rules.
The Blues have previously sold club hotels and part of their Cobham training ground in intra-company deals to avoid being hit by Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR) punishments.
Chelsea face points deduction – ‘they weren’t so clever’, says Wyness
However, Wyness claimed Chelsea could have a “big issue” if new APT rules forbid those deals.
He told Football Insider‘s Insider Track podcast: “There’s no doubt they’d be in danger of a points deduction if the rule changes go against them.
“If this sale isn’t approved, and we’re not certain that it will go that way, then that would look to be the case.
“As it sits right now, it looks like they’ve got a big issue.
“We know they’ve had a massive spending spree, and it was always going to come back to roost in some way.
“They thought they were being clever by selling the hotels and the women’s team, but if that all falls apart – then perhaps they weren’t so clever after all.”
