Chelsea, Aston Villa and Barcelona among the clubs condemned to a fine for having violated the financial rules of UEFA
Chelsea, Aston Villa and Barcelona are among several clubs to have been sentenced to a fine by UEFA for breaking the financial regulations over the years ending 2023 and 2024.
The financial control organization of the UEFA Club (CFCB) ruled that Chelsea must pay nearly 27 million pounds Sterling, the Barca 13 million pounds sterling of 9.5 million pounds sterling with the three settlement agreements on different durations.
If these agreements are not respected in full, other financial sanctions will be imposed.
The entire sanction of Barça and most of those which were distributed in Chelsea and Villa, are due to the CFCB decision, they did not respect the rule of football profits with particular attention to transactions involving the sale of tangible or intangible assets, the exchange of players (what are called “exchanges”) and the transfers of players between the related parties.
The details are summarized below:
|
Clubs |
Duration |
Total fine |
What fans |
|
Chelsea FC (Eng) |
4 years |
80 M € |
20 million euros |
|
FC Barcelona (ESP) |
2 years |
60 million euros |
15 million euros |
|
Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) |
4 years |
50 million euros |
12.5 million euros |
|
Aston Villa FC (Eng) |
3 years old |
20 million euros |
5 million euros |
|
HNK Hajduk Split (CRO) |
3 years old |
1.2 million euros |
€ 0.3 M |
CFCB also governs on the squad cost rule
Chelsea and Villa also turned out to have violated the squad cost rule, after reporting a squad cost ratio greater than 80% for 2024.
The fines are proportionate to the size of the cost of the club squad.
The details are as follows:
|
Clubs |
GOOD |
|
Chelsea FC (Eng) |
11 million euros |
|
Aston Villa FC (Eng) |
6 million euros |
|
Besiktas JK (Tur) * |
€ 0.9 M |
|
PANATHINAIKOS FC (GRE) |
0.4 M € |
