Just reading the UEFA punishment, and specifically the financial constraints regarding players / costs
https://editorial.uefa.com/resources/029b-1e280b615680-700e46bcfcfa-1000/aston_villa_summary_version_3-year_sa_20250704174251.pdf7. 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).
8. Compliance with the Settlement Agreement
• The Settlement Agreement shall expire when the CFCB confirms that the Club has reached
compliance with the Football Earnings rule, at the latest at the end of the Settlement Regime.
• Where the Club complies with the Final Target of the Settlement, the Club will be able to exit
the Settlement Regime.
• If the Club demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the CFCB, compliance with Football Earnings
rule on an aggregate basis for the reporting periods ending in 2024, 2025 and 2026, the Club
will be granted an “early” exit from the Settlement Regime and any Sporting Disciplinary
Measures shall cease to apply starting from 2027/28 season.
Are they saying if we conform, the earliest we can get a reset to "go for it" would be ahead of the 2027 season?