Chelsea, Aston Villa and Barcelona among clubs fined for breaching UEFA’s financial rules

Chelsea, Aston Villa, and Barcelona are among several clubs that have been fined by UEFA for breaching financial regulations for the years ending in 2023 and 2024.

UEFA’s Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) has determined that Chelsea must pay nearly £27m, Barcelona £13m, and Villa £9.5m. All three clubs have agreed to settlement agreements over varying durations.

If these agreements are not fully complied with, further financial sanctions will be imposed.

The majority of Barcelona’s sanction, as well as a significant portion of those imposed on Chelsea and Villa, are due to the CFCB’s ruling that they failed to comply with the football earnings rule. This includes transactions involving the sale of tangible or intangible assets, player exchanges (“swaps”), and transfers of players between related parties.

Here is a summary of the details:

CFCB also rules on squad cost regulation

Chelsea and Villa were also found to have violated the squad cost rule by reporting a squad cost ratio exceeding 80% for 2024.

The fines are proportional to the excess of the club’s squad cost.

The details are as follows: