Chelsea ordered pay Brighton up to £7.6m for two wonderkids
Chelsea could be forced to pay up to £7.65million to Brighton for two academy talents after an FA tribunal ruling.
A tribunal decided the Blues must pay a basic fee of £1m rising to a potential £4.25m for striker Shumaira Mheuka.
The 16-year-old moved to Stamford Bridge in July 2022.
He would need to play 100 games for Chelsea and earn a cap for England for the Seagulls to receive the full amount.
Chelsea must also pay compensation of up to £3.15m for Zak Sturge, plus another £250,000 if the 19-year-old defender plays for England.
The pair joined Chelsea in the summer of 2022, just after Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital bought the club.
Both players remain at Chelsea, with Sturge having spent six months on loan at Peterborough United, and Mheuka has begun playing in the Under-18s.
Since Boehly took over the club have spent about £225m on 11 players and staff from Brighton, including manager Graham Potter, sporting director Paul Winstanley and players Robert Sanchez, Marc Cucurella and Moises Caicedo.
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