FFP

[PeterWithesShin]

First Red Bull and now Coca-Cola, we're Aston Villa, balls to your health.

We are pleased to welcome a new partnership with Coca-Cola, enhancing the matchday experience and creating unique moments of connection for fans around the world

[Rigadon]

First Red Bull and now Coca-Cola, we're Aston Villa, balls to your health.

We are pleased to welcome a new partnership with Coca-Cola, enhancing the matchday experience and creating unique moments of connection for fans around the world

Pfft.  I see the can is red.  Some commitment to this partnership... He'll be off to Newcastle next summer.

[PeterWithesShin]

Is the  unique moments of connection for fans around the world going to be some fans from Poland lobbing cans at us?

[kippaxvilla2]

If I had to guess Adrian Filby's occupation, I would have said Administration Manager.

[PeterWithe]

I for one am looking forward to a unique moment of connection when I say to the disinterested callow youth behind the tea bar, 'and a can of Coke as well please'.

[Demitri_C]

I prefer pepsi max

[ozzjim]

What is our wage bill at now? Even at an average of £120k per week on all 25 in the squad it's £156M. Our turnover is going to be well over £300M this year. So who are we paying insane wages to to get the wage bill over £240M? I get some of those departed, but even Donkeydenker on 90k a week isn't going to shove it that high. Going through the current squad I can only think Bouby, Ollie, Youri and Emi would be on much more than £150k per week. Add in huge player sales I'm really struggling to see how the l situation is so drastic.

[Sexual Ealing]

I'd say the manager's on a fair scoop!

[Toronto Villa]

Bournemouth with the sale Ouattara will have collected close to £200M this summer. If we need to sell players every year then we have to find a way to buy really well and sell as needed. They might struggle selling an entire defence but for us, keeping our best players and playing intelligently every year in the market will be critical to us staying in the race for shiny things.

[Percy McCarthy]

What is our wage bill at now? Even at an average of £120k per week on all 25 in the squad it's £156M. Our turnover is going to be well over £300M this year. So who are we paying insane wages to to get the wage bill over £240M? I get some of those departed, but even Donkeydenker on 90k a week isn't going to shove it that high. Going through the current squad I can only think Bouby, Ollie, Youri and Emi would be on much more than £150k per week. Add in huge player sales I'm really struggling to see how the l situation is so drastic.

It was £252m in the last published accounts, but that was a 13-month financial year, so pro-rata about £233m. Only players on the A-list and the head coach count towards UEFA SCR though I think.

[Olneythelonely]

Is this new? Or something we already know?

https://editorial.uefa.com/resources/029b-1e280b615680-700e46bcfcfa-1000/aston_villa_summary_version_3-year_sa_20250704174251.pdf

[Dave]

I'd not seen it posted before. From a quick read it basically confirms the details of what we suspected would be the case.

Sporting Disciplinary Measures

• The Club agrees to be subject to a sporting restriction and, as a consequence, may not
register any new player on its List A to UEFA club competitions unless the List A Transfer
Balance is positive.

• The List A Transfer Balance is defined as the difference between the cost savings from
outgoing players (“Cost savings”) and the new costs from incoming players (“New costs”) at
any applicable deadline for the Club’s submission of its List A.

• The sporting restriction is foreseen as follows:

• It unconditionally applies in the 2025/26 season;
• It conditionally applies in the 2026/27 season, if the Club has a Football Earnings
deficit in the reporting period 2025;
• It conditionally applies in the 2027/28 season, if the Club exceeds the 2026 Target;
and
• It conditionally applies in the 2028/29 season if the Club exceeds the Final Target
by less than EUR 20 million.

• Should the Club exceed any Target of the Settlement by more than EUR 10 million, but less
than EUR 20 million, the limitation shall be more restrictive, as the calculated Cost savings
from outgoing players shall be reduced by 50% (i.e., the New costs from incoming players
will have to be less than 50% of the Cost savings from outgoing players).

I'd certainly not seen it laid out as detailed as that before.

[Olneythelonely]

Does it all apply to our Premier League squad? Or just to our European one? Because if it’s the former too, aren’t we just fucked?

[Drummond]

I think this is why people think we can't spend the Ramsey money. We've already spent it on Guessand.

We'll have saved salaries on Ramsey, Rashford, Disasi, Olsen and Asensio but will have increased by adding Malen, Garcia, Bizot and Guessand. The ins are lower but also attract fees. The outs have no fees barring Ramsey.

If Bailey goes we're better, but then Asensio is rumoured too.

[Drummond]

Does it all apply to our Premier League squad? Or just to our European one? Because if it’s the former too, aren’t we just fucked?

I don't think they've jurisdiction over the Premier League squad?