Barcelona on the Brink: UEFA Sanctions Loom After Shocking Second Breach, Chelsea and Aston Villa in Crosshairs
Aston Villa’s breach and potential financial fine
Aston Villa are also reported to have breached UEFA’s limits on financial losses. Although details of their case are less widely known, it is understood that Villa exceeded UEFA’s revised financial allowances, possibly due to investment in squad improvements and rising wage costs as they pushed for European qualification.
Under UEFA’s updated Financial Sustainability Regulations, which replaced the older Financial Fair Play rules, clubs are permitted to lose a maximum of €200 million (approx. £170 million) over a rolling three-year period. However, this limit is conditional. UEFA allows deductions from a club’s losses for spending on youth academies, women’s football development, and infrastructure such as stadium and training facilities. It is not yet clear how close Villa came to exceeding the limit without such deductions.
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