FFP

[Crown Hill]

Was the UEFA deal conditional? And if we met certain targets the punishment would be lifted? Does this fit in with that?

[SaddVillan]

UEFA uses the calendar year to work out whether or not a club has broken its "rules", whereas the Prem goes from 1 July - 30 Jun.

Our net transfer spend last summer was -£7.7m

In Jan 25 we sold
Duran to Al Nassr for £64.5m.plus add-ons
Diego Carlos went to Fenerbache for £8.45m
Philogene joined Ipswich for £20m
Total £92.95m

We signed
Malen - £21m
Garcia - £6m
Total £27m

So from what I can see, our net spend in 2025 was  -£73.65m.

To have breached UEFA's SCR rules we must have had to have been spending money on wages, loan and agent's fees like crazy.

L

[Chris Harte]

Pay the fine and get on with it.

Qualifying for Europe and going deep into whichever competition we are in repeatedly will help in this regard.

[JJ-AV]

UEFA uses the calendar year to work out whether or not a club has broken its "rules", whereas the Prem goes from 1 July - 30 Jun.

Our net transfer spend last summer was -£7.7m

In Jan 25 we sold
Duran to Al Nassr for £64.5m.plus add-ons
Diego Carlos went to Fenerbache for £8.45m
Philogene joined Ipswich for £20m
Total £92.95m

We signed
Malen - £21m
Garcia - £6m
Total £27m

So from what I can see, our net spend in 2025 was  -£73.65m.

To have breached UEFA's SCR rules we must have had to have been spending money on wages, loan and agent's fees like crazy.

L

Disasi was a £5m loan fee - probably 2.5m in wages
Rashford would have been about £8m just in wages +any loan fee
Asensio maybe £5m in wages + any loan fee

Probably looking at £25m for them three

[Percy McCarthy]

UEFA uses the calendar year to work out whether or not a club has broken its "rules", whereas the Prem goes from 1 July - 30 Jun.

Our net transfer spend last summer was -£7.7m

In Jan 25 we sold
Duran to Al Nassr for £64.5m.plus add-ons
Diego Carlos went to Fenerbache for £8.45m
Philogene joined Ipswich for £20m
Total £92.95m

We signed
Malen - £21m
Garcia - £6m
Total £27m

So from what I can see, our net spend in 2025 was  -£73.65m.

To have breached UEFA's SCR rules we must have had to have been spending money on wages, loan and agent's fees like crazy.

L

I’m pretty sure incoming transfer fees are spread over three years under SCR, which might explain why we are close now, but might help us in the future.

[Hookeysmith]

It seems inevitable that we will have to sell another key player like Rogers just to conform and at what point does Emery and the owners just give up.

Then little Villa having had thier time in the sun can go back to being with the outside scum 6 lot of also rans nd feeder clubs.

So fucking depressing

[paul_e]

UEFA uses the calendar year to work out whether or not a club has broken its "rules", whereas the Prem goes from 1 July - 30 Jun.

Our net transfer spend last summer was -£7.7m

In Jan 25 we sold
Duran to Al Nassr for £64.5m.plus add-ons
Diego Carlos went to Fenerbache for £8.45m
Philogene joined Ipswich for £20m
Total £92.95m

We signed
Malen - £21m
Garcia - £6m
Total £27m

So from what I can see, our net spend in 2025 was  -£73.65m.

To have breached UEFA's SCR rules we must have had to have been spending money on wages, loan and agent's fees like crazy.

L

I’m pretty sure incoming transfer fees are spread over three years under SCR, which might explain why we are close now, but might help us in the future.

Fees both ways are over 3 years so only about a 3rd of that £73m is counted whereas the wages and fees for the loanees are 'all in' (but balanced by the outgoing wages of the 3 we sold being much higher than the 2 permanent signings) so in real terms our 'book' profit from that window is probably a couple of million at most but with £24m in the bank for each of 26 and 27 already. We know we also turned a profit in the summer (and that will have increased when Barron became permanent) and we'll turn a profit from this window as well when Malen is made permanent in the summer so we're going to have had 3 windows in a row of making a profit and a fair few of our bigger fees will drop off the books for 2027 as well so if not this summer we'll certainly be in a position to spend fairly heavily from January.

Also as far as I'm aware there were no loan fees for Rashford or Asensio as both were widely reported as us just covering their wages.

[andyh]

It’s quite interesting really.
We aren’t allowed to spend on the playing side of the club, yet the football authorities are happy to take multi millions out of the club in fines.

[ajmant]

It reallly is shit. It seems that the top revenue earning clubswill never ever vote lagainst this. Because the rules effectively say, if you earn the highest turnover you’ll finish top, and if you have the 19th highest turnover you’ll finish 19th and we will do our best to make sure that happens. Total shite and the status quo will never shift!! So what’s the point. Do a Leicester?

[Percy McCarthy]

UEFA uses the calendar year to work out whether or not a club has broken its "rules", whereas the Prem goes from 1 July - 30 Jun.

Our net transfer spend last summer was -£7.7m

In Jan 25 we sold
Duran to Al Nassr for £64.5m.plus add-ons
Diego Carlos went to Fenerbache for £8.45m
Philogene joined Ipswich for £20m
Total £92.95m

We signed
Malen - £21m
Garcia - £6m
Total £27m

So from what I can see, our net spend in 2025 was  -£73.65m.

To have breached UEFA's SCR rules we must have had to have been spending money on wages, loan and agent's fees like crazy.

L

I’m pretty sure incoming transfer fees are spread over three years under SCR, which might explain why we are close now, but might help us in the future.

Fees both ways are over 3 years so only about a 3rd of that £73m is counted whereas the wages and fees for the loanees are 'all in' (but balanced by the outgoing wages of the 3 we sold being much higher than the 2 permanent signings) so in real terms our 'book' profit from that window is probably a couple of million at most but with £24m in the bank for each of 26 and 27 already. We know we also turned a profit in the summer (and that will have increased when Barron became permanent) and we'll turn a profit from this window as well when Malen is made permanent in the summer so we're going to have had 3 windows in a row of making a profit and a fair few of our bigger fees will drop off the books for 2027 as well so if not this summer we'll certainly be in a position to spend fairly heavily from January.

Also as far as I'm aware there were no loan fees for Rashford or Asensio as both were widely reported as us just covering their wages.

Thanks Paul, your insight is greatly appreciated.