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.

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

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

Borussia Dortmund have confirmed that a deal has been agreed with Chelsea for the transfer of Jamie Gittens.The 20-year-old will become the Blues’ fifth signing of the summer, after Joao Pedro’s

Chelsea transfer news as Borussia Dortmund have reportedly agreed on another deal with BlueCo this summer, with Jamie Gittens on the verge of signing for Chelsea