Chelsea were found guilty this week of more than 30 financial breaches, amounting to at least £47M in off-book payments tied to deals involving players such as Eden Hazard, Willian, David Luiz and Nemanja Matic.
As a result, The Blues were fined £10M, handed a suspended transfer ban but avoided any sporting sanction such as a point deduction leading to many believing that the result was too lenient.
Was the punishment a let off for Chelsea?
Leicester City, Nottingham Forest and Everton were all hit with points deductions for breaches of financial rules and now Purslow has ripped into the Premier League for holding back on the West London club.
"I think this is the most serious thing to break in the Premier League for a long time.
"I think the vast majority of people in the game... will view this as an extremely lenient and favourable outcome for Chelsea Football Club.
"The level of mitigation that has been applied here is way too generous, and in my opinion very inconsistent with previous regulatory cases and sanctions.
"This is essentially a litany of offences related to how you conduct transfer business, so a transfer ban makes sense," Purslow said.
"But to see that ban suspended in full, again, seems extremely lenient.
"That must really rankle with clubs like Everton and Forest who I don't think have had much credit in the past where they have co-operated."
Over 100 charges ares still being investigated against Manchester City by the Premier League for alleged breaches of its rules and many are worried that after Chelsea’s ruling, the club may not be handed a harsh punishment once the a verdict is found.