{"id":666839,"date":"2026-06-30T22:17:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T22:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/666839\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T22:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T22:17:10","slug":"newcastle-chelsea-and-aston-villa-fined-for-breaching-european-financial-rules-newcastle-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/666839\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle, Chelsea and Aston Villa fined for breaching European financial rules | Newcastle United"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newcastle have been fined \u20ac6m (\u00a35.2m) by Uefa for breaching its financial sustainability regulations, while Aston Villa<\/a> and Chelsea have also been given fines for overspending for the second successive year.<\/p>\n

Following detailed submissions to Uefa\u2019s club financial control body (CFCB), Newcastle were found to have breached the football earnings rule (FER) and squad cost rules (SCR), with both offences leading to fines of \u20ac3m each, plus a suspended fine of \u20ac7m.<\/p>\n

Newcastle have not qualified for European competition next season after finishing 10th in the Premier League, but they reached the Champions League quarter-finals in the period over which they were assessed last season, and therefore must comply with Uefa regulations. The club have never breached the Premier League\u2019s profitability and sustainability rules, which will be replaced by a version of SCR next season. Uefa\u2019s regulations are stricter.<\/p>\n

Uefa\u2019s SCR threshold for spending on players is 70% of revenue, compared with 85% in the Premier League, while the FER does not permit asset sales to raise revenue. Newcastle\u2019s player spending is believed to have been about 75% of revenue last season, while the sale of St James\u2019 Park to the subsidiary company PZ Newco Holdings Ltd was not approved by Uefa for accounting purposes.<\/p>\n

\u201cNewcastle United has entered into a settlement agreement with Uefa following a breach of its financial sustainability regulations in the three-year period ending June 2025,\u201d the club said in a statement. \u201cFollowing an overspend in relation to Uefa\u2019s football earnings threshold, the club has worked closely and constructively with the club financial control body to swiftly resolve the matter.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccordingly, the club has accepted the three-year settlement, which includes a \u20ac3m financial penalty, with a further \u20ac7m suspended pending future compliance. In addition, Uefa has determined that the club will pay a further \u20ac3m due to breaching Uefa\u2019s 70% squad cost ratio (SCR) target in calendar year 2025. Newcastle United thanks Uefa for its careful consideration and is committed to full ongoing compliance.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Europa League champions Aston Villa have been fined for exceeding their squad cost limit. Photograph: Francisco Seco\/AP<\/p>\n

Newcastle\u2019s fine illustrates the limits of their spending<\/a> power despite being owned by Saudi Arabia\u2019s Public Investment Fund. The club say the Uefa punishment will not force their hand in the transfer market this summer but they have already sold Anthony Gordon to Barcelona<\/a> for \u00a375m and are expected to lose Sandro Tonali<\/a> for about \u00a3100m amid strong interest from Manchester City and Tottenham.<\/p>\n

Villa have been fined \u20ac22.5m for breaching the 70% SCR cap for a second successive year but pay only \u20ac7.5m initially, with the remainder suspended unless they incur further breaches in future years.<\/p>\n

After being fined \u20ac11m, Villa have reduced their overspending to below 80% of the SCR limit, while Chelsea<\/a> have succeeded in reducing the size of their breach even further and were given a \u20ac3m fine, \u20ac2m of which is suspended.<\/p>\n

\u201cRegarding Aston Villa and Chelsea, which had already been sanctioned in the previous season, the CFCB first chamber took into consideration the improving trend in their squad cost ratio between 2024 and 2025 in line with projections submitted as part of their settlement agreement,\u201d Uefa said. \u201cAs a result, part of the fine is conditional upon the clubs continuing to significantly decrease their squad cost ratio in 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Newcastle have been fined \u20ac6m (\u00a35.2m) by Uefa for breaching its financial sustainability regulations, while Aston Villa and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":666840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-666839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=666839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/666840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}