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.

UEFA’s Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) have found Chelsea guilty of breaching two major regulations. Firstly, they have breached the ‘football earnings rule’ in relation to when the club’s owners effectively sold two hotels they owned back to themselves to raise £76.5m in revenue.

Chelsea has been fined 20 million euros ($23.6 million) for breaking financial monitoring rules and Barcelona ordered to pay 15 million euros ($17.7 million) by UEFA