Tag: financial

4 November 2025 Off

Derby County: Championship club post £11.3m loss over financial year

By Total Football News

Championship club Derby County have reported a loss of £11.3m for the financial year ending June 2025 – down just under £3m from the previous 12-month period.

An increase in revenue of £12.5m – up from £19.4m to £31.9m, chiefly down to broadcast income – coupled with the sale of defender Eiran Cashin to Premier League club Brighton in January for £9m, helped reduce overall losses.

Promotion to the Championship,

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13 October 2025 Off

Football clubs will have to prove financial health before being granted licence under IFR plans

By Total Football News

“We are making substantial progress on bringing the Independent Football Regulator regime forward,” he added.

“We will support clubs at every step to reinforce these higher standards.”

In a statement, the IFR says it will place “significant emphasis on clubs’ liquidity positions and the sources of funding on which they rely.

“The IFR will work with clubs to stress-test their finances, to improve decision-making and ensure long-term resilience.

“Should clubs

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4 July 2025 Off

Chelsea and Aston Villa fined for breaching Uefa financial rules

By Total Football News

In a statement, Chelsea said: “The club has worked closely and transparently with Uefa to provide a full and detailed breakdown of its financial reporting, which indicates that the financial performance of the club is on a strong upwards trajectory.

“Chelsea FC greatly values its relationship with Uefa and considered it important to bring this matter to a swift conclusion by entering into a settlement agreement.”

The punishments were issued

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20 May 2025 Off

Leicester CIty referred over alleged EFL financial breach

By Total Football News

Leicester City have been referred to an independent commission by the Premier League for an alleged breach of EFL financial rules while they were in the Championship in the 2023-24 season.

A tribunal also upheld a decision that the Premier League could not punish the Foxes for breaching Premier League profit and sustainability rules for the 2022-23 season as the club had been relegated from the top flight at the

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25 April 2025 Off

Arsenal and Visit Rwanda: Gunners for Peace call on club to ‘set aside financial gains’

By Total Football News

The decades-long conflict in eastern DR Congo has intensified since January when M23 staged an unprecedented offensive, seizing the cities of Goma and Bukavu and sparking fears of a wider regional war.

Rwanda has said its forces are acting in self-defence against the Congolese army and allied militias, some of which it accuses of links to the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

DR Congo also accuses Rwanda of illegally exploiting its mineral

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5 April 2025 Off

Chelsea finances: Club confirm talks with Uefa over financial sustainability

By Total Football News

Chelsea have confirmed they are in talks with Uefa over their financial sustainability following a potential breach of the governing body’s Financial Fair Play rules.

The Blues are in talks with Uefa over a settlement relating to their financial results for the year ending June 2024, where the club posted a pre-tax profit of £128.4m, their first since Todd Boehly’s Clearlake Capital consortium took ownership of the club.

That figure

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2 April 2025 Off

Leeds United: Financial report shows £60m loss for 23-24 season

By Total Football News

Leeds United have reported a loss of £60.8m during the 2023-24 season.

The amount is an increase on 2022-23 when the Whites were relegated from the Premier League, where they posted a loss of £33.7m.

The club’s revenue has dipped 33% to £128m, with both broadcast and commercial appeal taking a hit after relegation to the Championship.

Despite dropping down a tier, matchday income did increase from £29m to £30.5m,

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31 March 2025 Off

Swansea City post pre-tax loss of £15.2m in latest financial accounts

By Total Football News

Swansea’s significant squad turnover in the summer of 2023 was a major contributing factor in operational expenses rising by £4m to £47m in the latest financial year.

The club state that they “invested significantly” in the playing squad in the financial year under review, with acquisition costs of player registrations amounting to £6m.

Right-back Josh Key, strikers Jerry Yates and Mykola Kuharevich, centre-back Kristian Pedersen and left-back Josh Tymon were

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27 February 2025 Off

Richard Masters: Premier League chief says there is ‘no civil war’ between clubs over financial regulations

By Total Football News

Premier League chief executive Richard Masters insists there is no “civil war” between clubs over financial regulations.

Earlier this month, plans to replace controversial profit and sustainability (PSR) rules were delayed amid legal challenges.

Clubs had been expected to adopt the new squad cost ratio (SCR) system for the 2025-26 campaign, but a trial is now set to continue.

“There’s no civil war – that would not be the way

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19 February 2025 Off

Man Utd financial results: Revenues down 12%, cost of sacking Erik ten Hag and Dan Ashworth affect profits

By Total Football News

The main driver of United’s decrease in revenues was the drop in broadcast revenues.

The club said this was down to United’s men’s first team playing in the Europa League compared to the Champions League in the 2023-24 season.

Now led by Ruben Amorim, United sit a lowly 15th in the Premier League table but are through to the Europa League knockout stages, as well as the fifth round of

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