Chelsea will escape punishment for making alleged illegal payments to the father of defender Andreas Christensen, as they were declared during a Premier League amnesty period in 2015.

The club were alleged to have employed the Dane's father, Sten, as a scout on the day they signed the player - paying him £11,400 per month for four years - though he did not carry out any scouting duties for Chelsea.

However, in November 2015 the Premier League allowed clubs to admit to breaking rules around signing youth players in order to help create new policies designed to prevent such breaches in the future. Chelsea are believed to have declared the payments during this period of amnesty.

Chelsea won't face punishment for making illegal payments to Andreas Christensen's father

The allegations first came to light when documents were revealed by the Danish newspaper Politiken last November, which stated that Christensen's father, Sten, was employed as a scout on the same day Chelsea signed the player.

The documents claimed that Sten remained in his job as a goalkeeper coach for Brondby and didn't actually do any work for Chelsea.

It is not permitted for clubs to make payments to family members of minors and the Premier League has previously fined both Liverpool and Everton for breaches of such regulations and handed them youth transfer bans.

The documents published by Politiken were obtained by Football Leaks.

The Blues declared the payments to the Premier League during an amnesty period in 2015

The paper contacted Sten Christensen at the time and he replied: 'It sounds like a story you have got from someone in Ukraine or something like that. I have no comment whatsoever. You'll have to ask Chelsea about that.'

He added: 'That is not something I want to discuss. That's the way it is. If you want to use information hacked from Chelsea then go ahead.'

A Chelsea statement added: 'We do not comment on speculation about confidential contracts or player-related cases.'

Christensen, 22, had become a first team regular for the Blues over the past two season, however hehas found opportunities limited under Maurizio Sarri this term, featuring only 19 times and making just three Premier League appearances.