Agents and other players’ representatives are wary of dealing with Chelsea under the current circumstances and may look elsewhere when it comes to potential destinations for their clients.
And it may mean that the West London side may be set to miss out on some of their main targets this summer.
The investment bank handling the sale of the club has now closed bidding process, and will whittle the preferred candidates down to four.
However, now a forensic due diligence process will begin looking at the investors involved, their backgrounds, the source of funding and plans for the club.
That will likely take several months and it may still be some time until the chosen candidate is revealed.
With the transfer window due to open again on July 1st, it is by no means certain that the club will be free of sanctions by then because, technically, it will remain the ownership of Roman Abramovich.
