Premier League champions Chelsea recorded a pre-tax loss of 80.2 million pounds in the 2005/06 financial year, media reported on Monday.

The loss, to be announced later on Monday, is a cut of 60 million on the previous year but is still the third largest in the history of English football, said The Daily Telegraph.

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