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[Dante Lavelli]

Also, we are playing catch up so it’s vital that we push every allowance to it’s limit.  The 96% is only a problem if the owners get cold feet or a rules says we cannot do it (which I think is in the post).

[Tuscans]

🚨💣 Aston Villa are set to breach UEFA spending rules for 2024  — sanction likely to be a fine.
@martynziegler

[Tuscans]

The Times

Aston Villa’s challenges in complying with Uefa and the Premier League’s financial regulations were exposed last week when they asked fellow top-flight clubs to increase increase the limit on spending on player wages and transfers.

Villa are expected to be in breach of Uefa’s squad cost ratio (SCR) rules for 2024, which limited clubs in European competition to spending 80 per cent of their revenue on player costs and will drop to 70 per cent for 2025. A financial penalty of several million pounds is likely to be the outcome of such a breach.

The Premier League had planned to adopt SCR for next season but with an 85 per cent limit. That was still not high enough for Villa, who wrote to fellow clubs asking for it to be raised to 90 per cent — a move that failed to attract much support.

[SaddVillan]

This is what UEFA's website says:

Cost control and the squad cost rule

The new regulations will see clubs subject to squad cost controls for the first time. The cost control rule restricts spending on player and coach wages, transfers, and agent fees to 70% of club revenues. (The gradual implementation will see the percentage at 90% in 2023/2024, 80% in 2024/2025, and 70% in 2025/2026)

Surely, The Times is ambiguous when it says  2024 and 80%

It's 90% for 2023-2024 and 80% for 2024-25.

[Drummond]

The recent report that had us at 96% I guess was 23/24 given 24/25 isn't yet finished or reported on. The success we've had thus far this season in the CL will have helped us to get kich closer to the required 80%. Unless of course we're just flying in the face of it and accepting fines. ..

[VillaTim]

Where do these fines go and who controls that money and what do they do with it

[Mister E]

I'd be surprised if our owners have miscalculated the various thresholds ,... Unless the UEFA thresholds have shifted.

[Gareth]

I'd be surprised if our owners have miscalculated the various thresholds ,... Unless the UEFA thresholds have shifted.

Think the key is it’s a fine….if making the limit would have meant not qualifying for Europe then the fine is preferable particularly if you look at how much CL has generated in revenues

[eamonn]

Loading Rashy and Asensio's wages, 500k a week or more, onto the ledger presumably not going to help with the salary to revenue ratio.

Regardless of how they do with us, both may have to leave in the summer anyway as the rules make it difficult for us to sign high-earners.

The revenue generation needs to spin a lot faster than the wage bill now and forever more.

[AV84]

I'd be surprised if our owners have miscalculated the various thresholds ,... Unless the UEFA thresholds have shifted.

Think the key is it’s a fine….if making the limit would have meant not qualifying for Europe then the fine is preferable particularly if you look at how much CL has generated in revenues

Yes, seems like a calculated risk. Look at Forest taking a points deduction last season, and most likely qualifying for some European competition next season.

[SaddVillan]

Didn't know where to post this

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/man-city-la-liga-javier-tebas-b2706153.html

It gets better.

Price of Football financial expert Kieran Maguire has often mpoted that City "offshore" some of their running costs to group companies, and that has helped them with PSR issues.

This development doesn't surprise me.

[Tuscans]

Chris Heck, Aston Villa president of business operations, said in a video interview, expects revenue for the 2024-25 season to fall between £360 million and £370 million.

[aj2k77]

If that is true it's increased around £150m in 2 seasons.

[tomd2103]

Chris Heck, Aston Villa president of business operations, said in a video interview, expects revenue for the 2024-25 season to fall between £360 million and £370 million.

£400m is his target isn't it?

[London Villan]

Does that include transfers to the desert?