Chelsea are currently under investigation over financial breaches during the Roman Abramovich area. Documents leaked last year demonstrated that the club was involved in shady transfer business during the Russian billionaire's time as the Blues owner.
The Todd Boehly regime could end up suffering for the previous ownership's dealings. Former Everton CEO Keith Wyness says that the Premier League will be left with no choice but to dock points from Chelsea.
“I think this time next year, we’re going to be sitting here discussing the Chelsea rule breach,” Wyness told Football Insider. “I don’t think the Premier League have left themselves anywhere else to go but a serious points deduction.
“I think Chelsea could have had the biggest breach so far – unless there is some very clever engineering done in the transfer market, but I think it will be very hard to do.
“Listen, don’t underestimate Todd Boehly and his ability and connections with Saudi Arabia. There is a lot of connections between Saudi and his investment group to try and pull something out of the fire, but I feel there is no way out of this one for Chelsea.
“This time next year, we’ll be talking about unhappy Chelsea fans. There will be a lot more documents from the Everton and Nottingham Forest cases setting up precedents for how these things are going to be handled.
“It won’t be pleasant reading for Chelsea.”
Everton and Nottingham Forest have had six and four points docked, respectively, for breaching the Premier League's profit and sustainability rules. Last year, Chelsea were already fined £8.6m by UEFA for breaking their financial fair play rules.
Chelsea are currently under a Premier League investigation but no charges have been pressed against the club at the moment.
