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An email! And a theory. “If you were a deeply cynical Chelsea executive,” says Michael Hunt, “shouldn’t you be throwing admissions around willy nilly right about now, and begging for punishment?
Go on… “Of all the teams facing some sort of sanction, Chelsea are the only ones who shouldn’t give a flying one if they get a points deduction this season, so they should be going all out to get one. Next season they could be fighting relegation or, seeing as give or take the top 15 all get into Europe nowadays, pushing for Europe and so those points would actually mean something. And if it’s a fine, the top brass would probably love the opportunity to spend some of their endless money without having to flog a half dozen promising English twenty year olds as a result.”