Chelsea have been doing some spreadsheet gymnastics to stay ahead of profit and sustainability rules over the last couple years, pulling proverbial levers like carving out the women’s team into their own organization or selling the Chelsea hotel to ourselves (but as a brand new subsidiary of the parent company BlueCo).

Chelsea and Aston Villa have been fined by Uefa for breaching the European governing body's financial rules. The two clubs could be prevented from registering new players for Uefa competitions for the forthcoming season unless they have a positive transfer balance by the end of the summer transfer window.

Chelsea have been fined 31 million euros ($36.50 million) by UEFA for breaches of its financial rules, while Aston Villa, Barcelona and Olympique Lyonnais were also levied with large fines, UEFA announced on Friday.

The second spot in the FIFA Club World Cup semifinals will be decided on Friday, July 4 in the second match of the day where Chelsea takes on Palmeiras at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca confirmed on Thursday that forward Pedro Neto will decide whether to play in Friday's Club World Cup quarter-final against Palmeiras, as the Portuguese international mourns the tragic death of his close friend and team mate Diogo Jota.

Pedro Neto could miss Chelsea’s Club World Cup quarter-final against Palmeiras following the death of his fellow Portugal international Diogo Jota. Liverpool forward Jota, who also played alongside Neto at Wolves,

LONDON — Chelsea is expected to sign English winger Jamie Gittens from Borussia Dortmund, the German club said Thursday. Gittens follows in the footsteps of Jadon Sancho, another former Manchester City youth player who developed his game at Dortmund.

Chelsea are set to finalise the signing of Borussia Dortmund winger Jamie Gittens after the German club confirmed a deal has been agreed.

Chelsea have agreed a deal to sign English winger Jamie Gittens from Borussia Dortmund, the Bundesliga club said on Thursday.