Numerous Premier League clubs have recently released their annual accounts.
Aston Villa announced that they made a loss of £ 85.4 million, Everton published a loss of £ 53.2 million, Tottenham, and a loss of £ 26.2 million, and Chelsea rare profit of £ 128.4 million. But what do these figures mean in terms of the PREMIER League profit and sustainability rules (PSR) and what are the clubs in the healthiest financial position to implement the Great in this summer with a transitional window?
Sky Sports News Older reporter Rob Dorsett froze the numbers.
What clubs are at risk of breach of PSR rules faced with a point of deduction of points?
It is true that we do not know, but it looks a little truly likely that any clubs will face the penalty this season. Each club is allowed to lose £ 105 million during a valid three -year period, and all those clubs that were exposed to the highest risk of violation that Mark were obliged to submit their PSR accounts by the end of December. The identities of these clubs are kept secret. This rule was introduced in 2023 to try to ensure that there is enough time for any club that violates the rules that will be a deduction of points of the same season.
The Premier League announced in January that all the clubs who handed over their PSR accounts in December in December. However, the remaining clubs had to make their PSR applications until March 31, so their figures were currently carefully reviewed by the Premier League audit. It may seem unlikely that any club that is considered a “risk” of violation at Christmas has now been overtaken by consumption, but this is possible.
What is the difference between the club accounts we see and PSR accounts that PL sends?
This is a key question. It is completely understandable that fans will see their club announce their annual accounts and are confused why – despite some huge losses – they do not violate PSR rules. Look, for example, Aston Villa. In the last three years, they have lost £ 204.7 million, and yet – as we have already established – they are allowed only to lose a maximum of £ 105 million to avoid breach of PSR rules. Most importantly, there are a lot of costs on the companies accounts that are exempt from PSR consumption. Every money that the club spends on facilities or infrastructure, their female team, community, academy and depreciation are not involved in the PSR budget. There is no proposal that Villa has violated financial rules, so we can assume that in the last three years they had to spend at least £ 99.7 million on those “accessories”. As an example, public accounts of the villa stipulates that they have spent £ 29.7 million at the reconstruction of the stadium and a new retail trade in the last two years – all that money has been released from PSR because it is considered to be in the wider interest of the club and football in general. The financial accounts that the club publicly publishes through the company every year very different from the confidential PSR accounts, which only see officials of the Premier League.
Manchester United recorded greater losses than any other PL club, according to their accounts. How can I afford a massive new stadium planning to build?
Here we have to withdraw the difference between club (companies) accounts that have been published and PSR accounts that are secret. The latest united accounts, published in September, show that they have lost more than a quarter of one billion pounds in the last three years. A £ 257.4 million deficit of 2021. Sir Jim Ratcliffe admitted that this was a big problem and is unsustainable, and he deals with a thorough examination of costs at the whole club, which is expected to save up to £ 35 million over the next two years. This included hundreds of job losses, and controversial involved increased the prices of tickets to increase revenue, condemned by fans groups. Repeated insufficient performance on the field were starving the funding club, in what became a vicious circle. However, if the owners are satisfied with the fierce cost of the “New Trafford” of £ 2 billion, it will not have an impact on their PSR situation, because – again – the spending on infrastructure is exempted from these rules. If United continues with his plans at the stadium, public accounts are expected to show a big deficit for many years, with the hope that improved capacity, contents and commercial capabilities will pay dividends in the long run.
Mikel Arteta said it would be a “big summer” for Arsenal on the transfer market. Does their financial situation allow this?
In short, yes, it is. Arsenal was cautious in his consumption, and in his commerciality, showing only a modest loss of £ 17.7 million in his latest public accounts that were published in February. This, in combination with a record revenue of £ 616.6 million in the Emirates by the summer of 2024, means that there is a significant war chest at the disposal of the artea to strengthen its composition – and promises to do so. “We are very excited about that,” he says, for a good reason. The new sports director Andrea Berta was brought in particular to achieve high contracts, and on the list of the sought after lists of all attackers, winged players and midfielders. It is now realistic for Arsenal to consider the elite talent of Alexander Isak in Newcastle, Benjamin Sesko from RB Leipzig and Sporting Viktor Gyokeres, and Nico Williams Athletic Bilbao is a achievement goal, an au in accordance with a real amount of £ 50m. In terms of their PSR, a suitable blanket gives Arsenal to spend a large in the next window and set the renewed pressure for the Premier League title.
Liverpool was a dominant pl team this season – what do their finances look like?
The selected Premier League champions are in good shape both in and out of the field – with more than £ 150 million because they will come on a journey if they manage to raise the trophy. Their public accounts show that they are comfortable within the borders of PSR (with relatively small losses less than £ 2 million in the first two years of three-year cycle). This would suggest that the ARNE slot can give a healthy budget to reinforce its composition in the summer if he and the club decide to need it.
Chelsea recorded great profit by the end of the financial year 2024. How?
The biggest single factor was the sale of the Chelsea women’s team at the BlueCo home company, which hit only £ 200 million only. Such disposable contracts are permitted under the rules of the Premier League, as long as they are implemented on “fair market value”. This has transformed a £ 71.6 million deficit into a rare earnings of £ 128.4 million for the last financial year, which means that their balance sheet now looks much healthier. Potential, this could mean that Chelsea has the flexibility of investing in the team this summer, if club bosses consider it a way they want to go.
Man City independently records three consecutive years of club profit. How did they succeed?
In fact, Manchester City has now recorded profits every season from 2014-15. This is extraordinary, compared to their competitors. Of course, they enjoyed an unprecedented success on the field under Pep Guardiola, with huge prizes as a result – recorded revenues in the Premier League with records of £ 715 million by 2024. In theory, this gives them the opportunity to spend big players in the summer, without fear of breach of PSR rules. However, the city, of course, awaits the result of the extraordinary 100+ charges that PL charged against them for historical violations of financial rules – the allegations that the city fiercely denies.
Tottenham had to run some great losses in recent years – should he worry?
It is true that Tottenham’s club accounts show that they have lost more than £ 160 million in the last three years, but again – there is no proposal that they are close to the PSR violation. They have a huge property at Tottenham Hotspur’s top stadium, which cost them a whopping £ 1.2 billion in 2019. Their revenue this year was more than £ 50m, and the missing of European football, and there will be concern that their prize money will take a further hit, with that 14 in the premiere league. Of course, they are still in the hunt for Europa League and they can still qualify for the Champions League next season with a victory in that tournament.
What about Everton? In the past, they have faced a deduction of points for breach of PSR rules. What is their situation?
Again, it is important to note that there is no proposal for Everton to threaten violation. Their public accounts, published on Monday, show a very significant loss of £ 180.4 million over three years to May 2024, but we know that much of these costs are about the construction of their impressive new stadium on Bramley-Moor Dock, which has an estimate of £ 750 million. Again, according to the rules, this consumption is exempted from PSR because it is for the well -being of the club and the game and is not designed to give Everton an unfair advantage on the field.
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2025-04-02 11:00:00