The Premier League will enforce new regulations, which will see them close the Financial Fair Play (FFP) contract loophole that Chelsea is successfully exploiting.
The league will bring their accounting rules in line with UEFA’s from next summer.
New British record signing Moises Caicedo will become the 22nd player on Chelsea’s books to sign a contract longer than five years at Stamford Bridge.
Caicedo has agreedan eight-year deal to sign from Brighton, a move which could help the club avoid breaching Premier League rules by spreading transfer fees over a longer period.
UEFA responded to Chelsea’s innovative approach to player contracts this summer by setting a five-year limit for transfer fees to be paid irrespective of the length of the deal, but in the Premier League there is no such restriction.
The £115million fee Chelsea have agreed with Brighton for Caicedo can therefore be spread over the eight years of the Ecuador midfield player’s contract, while the new UEFA ruling will not affect Mauricio Pochettino’s side this season as they have not qualified for Europe.
The Caicedo deal will take Chelsea’s transfer outlay to more than £800million since the Todd Boehly-Clearlake Capital takeover in May 2022, putting them at risk of breaching both UEFA and Premier League spending limits.