Aston Villa fined £19m by UEFA for cost control breach | OneFootball

UEFA confirmed that Aston Villa have been fined £19m for breaching financial rules tied to the 2025 cost control period, with two-thirds of the sanction suspended.

Villa must pay an initial £6.3m and can avoid the remainder if they continue to reduce their squad cost ratio in 2026.

The breach relates solely to cost control regulations, which limit spending on wages, transfer fees and agents to 70% of club revenue during the 2025 calendar year.

The total penalty amounts to €22m for exceeding the limits, the second largest issued behind Strasbourg, with the suspended portion reflecting an improving ratio between 2024 and 2025 in line with projections submitted under Villa’s settlement agreement.

Villa were fined £9.5m last summer for breaches of both cost control and football earnings rules. They entered a three-year settlement agreement with UEFA at that time and have remained in close contact with the governing body.

Source: ExpressAndStar.com