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Chelsea must sell £60m worth of players to register new signings for the Champions League.
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UEFA rules don’t allow Club World Cup earnings to cover this.
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With the window closing soon, time is running out.
Before Chelsea can sign off on their summer recruits for next season’s UEFA Champions League, they have to pull in £60m from player sales, The Times UK reports.
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UEFA’s tight money rules mean clubs must cover what they spend on new signings by selling players.
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Even though Chelsea pocketed about £60m from their Club World Cup run, UEFA won’t let them use that cash to tick the Champions League registration box.
Last week, UEFA hit Chelsea with a record fine, cranking up the urgency to sort their finances straight away.
Right now, the fresh faces including Liam Delap, Joao Pedro, Jamie Gittens, Estevao Willian, Dario Essugo and Mamadou Sarr can’t take part in European matches.
Romeo Lavia and Wesley Fofana also aren’t on UEFA’s ‘List A,’ so they’re stuck on the sidelines too.
Stamford Bridge heads into a make-or-break fortnight.
Fans and pundits will be glued to every sale and exit as Chelsea scrambles to meet UEFA’s deadline.
