• Club agree to undergo independent safeguarding audit
The Premier League has ruled that Chelsea did not break any rules in failing to report allegations of historical abuse made in 2014 by their former player Gary Johnson, but a safeguarding audit – agreed with the club – is an “appropriate course of action”.
Earlier this month the club apologised to Johnson for the abuse he suffered as a trainee in the 1970s, having waived the confidentiality clause in the £50,000 agreement they made with him in 2015. Although they were found not to have broken rules in not informing the Premier League, the London club have agreed to a full safeguarding audit from an independent expert.
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