The UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Committee has imposed this Friday derisory financial fines on the Chelseanext rival of Real Madrid in the quarterfinals of the Champions, due to public incidents in the match against the Borussia Dortmund (2-0), in the round of 16 round held on March 7: 5,000 euros for field invasion and others 3,000 for throwing objects onto the field of play, including a flare . The merengue team will visit Stamford Bridge on Tuesday, April 18 (the first leg will be played on Wednesday the 12th at the Santiago Bernabeu).
The usual collecting effort of the UEFA It has not moved on this occasion to the wealthyChelsea, who does not hesitate to throw generously at the checkbook in his attempt to make his squad more competitive. The English entity has spent more than €600 million in reinforcements since the 2022-23 season began: 290 in summer and 330 in winter.
His most expensive signing has been Enzo Fernandez (Benfica), for which the Londoners paid a whopping 121 million euros. The painting that directs Graham Potter exceeded the investment made by all of them together Bundesliga, La Liga, Ligue 1, Serie A, the Primeira Liga and the Eredivisie in the past winter market.
He Chelsea is chaired by the American billionaire Todd Boehlywith an estimated fortune of more than 4,200 million euros, according to the magazine Forbes. Among other things, it owns 27% of Los Angeles Lakers and 20% of Los Angeles Dodgers. Also, he is the co-owner of Los Angeles SparksWNBA women’s team.
Also note that the Chelsea is from the clubs Premier League that have paid the most to agents and intermediaries between February 1, 2022 and January 31, 2023. The ‘bleu’ entity paid a total of 43 million pounds (about 49 million euros) during this period, only exceeded for him Manchester City de Pep Guardiola with 51 million pounds (59 million euros).
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