Overview

• Villa has agreed to sell a 10% stake in its women’s team to external investors for about £5.5m and transfer the remaining 90% to parent company V Sports, valuing the side at £55m.
• Booking the sale in principle before the June 30 deadline secures the necessary profit booking to keep Villa’s three-year losses below the £105m Premier League cap.
• The club is negotiating with UEFA to reduce its squad-cost ratio by under 10% this summer and next in order to meet continental financial-fair-play limits and dodge sanctions.
• Even after roughly £100m in Champions League takings and £115m from player sales, Villa faced a funding shortfall that the women’s team sale has now bridged.
• Premier League members rejected proposals to end related-party asset-sale exemptions, allowing clubs like Villa and Chelsea to use such transactions for PSR compliance.