British Sports Minister Nigel Huddleston has claimed Chelsea cannot be allowed to operate as "business as usual" after sanctions were imposed on Roman Abramovich.
The Russian billionaire had his assets frozen by the UK Government as part of its response over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Sales of home tickets and merchandise has been prohibited, but the club has been able to operate.
"We've got to be careful of making sure there isn't any incremental new revenue generation," said Huddleston.
"We have had constant dialogue with Chelsea fans because the whole strategy throughout is to be very, very clear that Roman Abramovich has been sanctioned and that has clearly had implications.
"I was very honest and open with the Chelsea fans saying 'this will have an impact because he has been sanctioned and he is the owner of the club'.
"We have tried to make reasonable modifications to the licence to enable fans to engage with the club and continue as much as reasonably possible.
"I continue to work with the fans, but I was very clear from day one and it's still the case - this is not business as usual.
"This is a different world because the club's owner has been sanctioned."
Conversely, the Chelsea Supporters Trust has hit back at Huddleston over the lack of clarity surrounding ticket sales.
The CST has urged the government not to punish supporters and make changes to the sanctions.
They said: "The CST is deeply disappointed that we are yet to receive a response from Nigel Huddleston, Nadine Dorries [Culture Minister] or the Department of Culture, Media and Sport on important issues - including clarity on ticketing."
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