Chelsea post £342 million pre-tax loss, biggest in English football history in 2024-25 | OneFootball

Chelsea have posted a record pre-tax loss of £342 million for 2024-25, the biggest ever by a British club. UEFA confirmed the figure in its European Club Finance and Investment Landscape report.

The deficit is more than double Lyon's £165 million loss, the next largest in Europe for the period, and puts Chelsea alongside Barcelona's all-time record £484 million loss in 2021.

The numbers highlight the pressure of the "BlueCo" era at Stamford Bridge. Asset sales, including a £76.5 million internal deal for the training ground hotels and the women's team to a sister company, have not offset the men's first-team costs.

By the end of the 2025 financial year, the combined transfer cost of the squad reached €1.75 billion, £1.47 billion, an increase of £75 million on the previous year.

That total is nearly £150 million higher than Manchester City’s, despite Chelsea missing the Champions League during the reporting period.

While asset disposals helped satisfy the Premier League's Profit and Sustainability Rules, UEFA's Squad Cost Ratio has proved harder to control. Last July the club were fined £80 million and placed under a four-year settlement agreement after squad costs reached nearly 90% of revenue, above the 70% cap.

Source: Hounslow Herald