BBC · Mar 16
How Chelsea signed a star team with hidden payments
Image caption, Eden Hazard was signed from Lille for a fee of £32m in 2012Chelsea have been handed a Premier League record fine of £10.75m and a suspended transfer ban.
It was a result of the club making secret payments to unregistered agents and third-parties over transfers between 2011 and 2018.
But it could have been a lot worse. Only a frank admission of guilt and full co-operation avoided a larger fine - and a potential points penalty.
The Premier League published a 28-page document highlight all the wrongdoings - how much money paid out, by who, and for which transfer deals.
This is what the written reasons tell us.
What did Chelsea do wrong?