Chelsea and Aston Villa fined £27m and £9.5m respectively by UEFA for breaching financial rules | Football News
Aston Villa and Chelsea were sentenced to a fine by UEFA for violation of its financial rules.
Chelsea must pay a total of 27 million pounds sterling fines and could pay up to 52 million pounds more if they raped their four -year agreement with the CFCB.
Aston Villa must pay 9.5 million pounds sterling fines and non-compliance with their three-year regulations could lead to a new penalty of up to 13 million more pounds.
The two Premier League clubs broke the UEFA football profits rule and the team’s cost rule.
Villa and Chelsea had a squad cost ratio (percentage of the income of a club spent on the first team team) between 80 and 90% for 2024.
Their fines for this violation – Aston Villa £ 5.1 M £ and Chelsea 9.4 million pounds sterling – are proportionate to the size of the club team costs an excess. From 2025, the squad cost ratio will be 70%.
Chelsea must pay 17.2 million pounds sterling for their violations of the football profits rule and this could reach more than 69 million pounds sterling if they break the four -year regulations with the CFCB.
Villa has received an unconditional fine of 4.3 million pounds sterling for their violation of the rule and this could reach 17.2 million pounds sterling if they do not comply with the three -year agreement.
The two teams accepted a restriction on the recording of new players for UEFA competitions during the 2025/26 season – unless the value of the new signatures added to their teams is recovered in sales.
For Chelsea, this measure will also be in place for the 2026/2027 season.
If one of the clubs does not stick to the financial objectives set out in the regulations, this restriction could return into force during the following seasons.
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‘We worked closely and transparently with UEFA’
Chelsea has since commented on the question, where they claimed to have worked “closely and transparently” with UEFA concerning violations.
The press release said: “The Chelsea FC concluded a settlement agreement with UEFA concerning a profitability threshold deficit reported by the club under the financial sustainability of UEFA covering the financial year 2022/2023 and 2023/2024.
“The club also agreed to pay a fine following the club cost ratio during the reference year 2024 between 80% and 90%.
“The club has worked in close collaboration with UEFA to provide complete and detailed ventilation of its financial reports, which indicates that the club’s financial performance is on a strong upward trajectory.
“The Chelsea FC greatly appreciates its relationship with UEFA and considered it important to bring this case to a rapid conclusion by concluding a settlement agreement.”
Villa has received fines of 4.3 million pounds sterling (5 million euros) and 5.2 million pounds sterling (6 million euros) due to their respective violations.
Why was Chelsea sentenced to a fine?
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More Sky Sports News’ chief journalist Kaveh Solhekol::
“Chelsea was sentenced to a fine of 31 million euros by UEFA for breaking their financial rules. But this fine could go up to 91 million euros, if over the next four years, they do not meet the financial objectives set by UEFA.
“The UEFA was investigating the sale of the two hotels in Stamford Bridge a few years ago for 76 million pounds sterling. These hotels were sold to a subsidiary of the Chelsea portfolio company to another subsidiary.
“This is authorized under the rules of Premier League, but not UEFA rules, this is one of the reasons why they were sentenced to a fine of 20 million euros for breaking the financial surveillance rules of UEFA.
“They were also sentenced to a fine of 11 million euros, which in fact 31 million euros, to break the team’s cost rules. These rules indicate that you can only spend 80% of your income on transfers and costs of players, such as wages and agent costs.
“They found that Chelsea had broken the ceiling by 80% and, in fact, Chelsea during the financial year of 2024, spent between 80 and 90% of their income on squad costs. This is why they were sentenced to a fine of 11 million euros.
“If during the four years, they come out of the line, they could be online for another fine of up to 60 million euros.”
Why was Villa been sentenced to a fine?
Sky Sports News’ chief journalist Kaveh Solhekol::
“They were sentenced to a fine of a total of 11 million euros and if they miss the targets which set them by UEFA, this could drop to a maximum of 26 million euros.
“The fine of 11 million euros is made up of a fine of 5 million euros to break the rules of football gains and they will pay an additional 20 million euros if they lack the financial objectives set for them by UEFA.
“They were also sentenced to a fine for breaking the cost rule of the UEFA team and their fine is 6 million euros.”
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