English Premier League club to face multi-million-pound fine for 'breaching UEFA financial rules'

dailyrecord.co.uk:

For breaching UEFA's squad cost ratio (SCR) rules during their first season in the Champions League, Aston Villa are said to be facing a multi-million-pound fine.It would be the second financial penalty from the governing body of football in Europe in recent months after receiving a £50,670 (€60,000) fine in September for allegedly submitting their financial information for last season late, reports Birmingham Live.

Villa, however, did have a squad cost ratio below the limit during their Europa Conference League campaign, thus avoiding any sanctions for exceeding that.SCR rules apply to all clubs competing in European competitions and limit how much revenue they can spend on player costs from transfers (including agent fees) and wages.

For the 2023/24 season, it was 90 per cent.But that limit dropped to 80 per cent for this season and will again fall to 70 per cent ahead of the coming campaign.

This year's Deloitte Football Money League, released in January, states Villa's wages-to-revenue ratio was 96 per cent last year, up from 94 per cent in 2023.The Times is now reporting that there is an expectation Villa will breach SCR rules for 2024.