Chelsea, Aston Villa and Barcelona fined by Uefa over spending rule breaches

• Chelsea hit with unconditional ?31m fine
  
• Villa confident they can absorb fine and strengthen

Chelsea, Aston Villa and Barcelona have been fined by Uefa for breaking financial rules. Chelsea have been hit with an unconditional ?31m (?27m) bill but could face a further ?60m (?52m) fine if they do not comply moving forward. Barcelona and Villa have been fined ?15m (?13m) and ?11m (?9.5m) respectively but are also at risk of further conditional penalties.
The conditional fines for Chelsea (?60m), Villa (?15m) and Barcelona (?45m) relate to agreed plans across four-year, three-year and two-year periods respectively.
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