Andreas Christensen’s move to Chelsea under spotlight as club face new allegations of rule-breaking

Chelsea are facing new allegations of rule-breaking surrounding the signing of young players with Andreas Christensen’s move now under the spotlight.

Already one of five Premier League clubs operating under the threat of a Fifa transfer ban over the signings of under-18 players from abroad, Chelsea could also find themselves under Premier League scrutiny.

According to documents obtained by Football Leaks, and published on Thursday by the Danish newspaper, Politiken, Chelsea employed Sten Christensen as an overseas scout on the same day they signed his son Andreas from Brondby in 2012.

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Alleged copies of Chelsea’s consultancy agreements, published by Politiken, state that Sten started working for the London club on July 1, 2012, the same day as his son, and was paid £11,400 per month plus VAT for four years – a total of £656,640 – while he was still working for Brondby as a goalkeeping coach.

Chelsea responded by saying: “We do not comment on speculation concerning confidential contracts or player related matters.”

Payments to the families of young players are prohibited, with Everton and Liverpool both having been fined by the Premier League and banned from signing under-18 players in recent years. The governing body told Politiken they will investigate if they receive “any substantiated material that indicates our rules may have been violated.”

Sten, who is now his son’s agent, told Politiken: “It sounds like a story you have got from someone in Ukraine or something like that. I have no comment whatsoever. You'll have to ask Chelsea about that. That is not something I want to discuss. That’s the way it is. If you want to use information hacked from Chelsea then go ahead.”

The Football Leaks documents also claim Manchester City, another of the five Premier League clubs under investigation by Fifa, were willing to break Premier League rules to sign Christensen.

A City document headlined ‘Financial Summary of Youth Acquisitions’ includes Christensen with a valuation of £430,000 and an additional note: “£230,000 to family.” The document adds: “We have information that Chelsea has offered to accommodate these numbers.”