Chelsea‘s signings of Willian and Samuel Eto’o in 2013 are part of the Premier League‘s investigation into the club over possible breaches of financial regulations, sources have confirmed to ESPN.
ESPN reported in August that the club were being probed after Chelsea’s new owners Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital flagged a number of transactions to the game’s governing bodies as part of the due diligence process in completing their takeover last May.
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That led to Chelsea being fined €10 million ($10.65m) by UEFA in July for submitting incomplete financial information relating to multiple deals between 2012 and 2019.
The Premier League are yet to conclude their own process but, as first reported by the Times, sources have confirmed to ESPN that the deals which brought winger Willian and former Cameroon striker Eto’o to Stamford Bridge are part of the investigation.
Chelsea signed Willian 10 years ago after securing a last-minute agreement for the player when he had been poised to sign for Tottenham. A couple of days earlier in that summer window, Eto’o arrived on a one-year contract. Both players joined Chelsea from Russian side Anzhi Makhachkala.
