Chelsea was fined a total of 31 million euros ($36.5 million) for breaking financial monitoring rules by UEFA on Friday to hit a record sum for a European club penalized in a single season. Barcelona also was ordered to pay 15 million euros ($17.

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.

Premier League duo of Chelsea and Aston Villa and Spanish giant, Barcelona, have been fined for failing to comply with financial regulations put in place by