• Roman Abramovich has increased funding by £249m• Danny Drinkwater joins Aston Villa on loan from ChelseaChelsea have announced they paid out more than £26m over the sacking of Antonio Conte, a figure revealed in accounts which also show the club received an increase in funding of £247m from the owner, Roman Abramovich, during the last financial year.
The club’s accounts showed they paid a total of £26.6m in compensation and legal costs to Conte and their former manager’s backroom staff.
Chelsea, who have made overall losses of £96m and seen their annual wage bill rise by 17% to £285m, fired the Italian and replaced him with Maurizio Sarri in the summer of 2018.