Chelsea face having to reveal details of the allegedly questionable financial deals that mired the club in the Roman Abramovich era.
The Crown Prosecution Service have confirmed to Mail Sport that a Section 8 application under the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act — which relates to the disclosure of relevant information linked to a defendant’s case — has been made by agent Saif Rubie in his ongoing legal case with former Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia.
A hearing for the application is scheduled for April 10 at Southwark Crown Court.
The development raises the prospect of Chelsea’s new regime being legally obliged to release information on controversial historic deals that they were not involved in.