Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck has warned fans that UEFA's Financial Fair Play laws are working against English football.

Chelsea were able to become a power in Europe after the 2003 takeover by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich led to heavy investment on players, before FFP rules were introduced by UEFA in 2011 to curb such lavish spending.

"The dream in England is that if you are a supporter of a [fifth-tier] team is that someday you will win the Premier League," Buck said.

"One of the minuses [of FFP] is that dream is now over. That is not possible with Financial Fair Play.

"What Chelsea did in 2003, what Man City did five years later [after being bought by a member of Abu Dhabi's royal family], that is virtually impossible to do under Financial Fair Play."