Newcastle United’s Champions League return could now be sacrificed due to recorded losses.
The club is expected to suffer UEFA sanctions after spending excessively during the 2022-2025 monitoring period.
Premier League regulations could result in teams losing up to £105 million over three years, but UEFA will cut that allowance to £52 million. According to Athletic, Newcastle has “comfortly violated” this European restrictions, and the club is supported for similar punishments to those previously issued to Chelsea and Aston Villas.
Newcastle is facing UEFA crackdown
Some of the major player sales will not alleviate Newcastle’s deficit. The £23 million move to Al-Ahli of Allan Saint-Maximin has been excluded from the UEFA rating as the switch to both clubs and Nottingham forests counts as a swap containing Odesssez Vlachodimos.
In the 2023-24 season, Newcastle reported a huge loss of £38 million before tax, mainly due to the enormous spending during the 2022-23 campaign, which strengthened Eddie Howe’s side.
Newcastle has approved Alexander Isaac’s record £130 million deadline sale to Liverpool, but it rarely provides full protection from punishment. But profits will ease the blow of UEFA’s decision.
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Chelsea and Aston Villa were punished
Previously, UEFA had shown strictness when it came to overexpenses. Chelsea was fined £27 million ahead, a further £52 million penalty was suspended under a four-year compliance agreement, with Aston Villa docking £9.5 million and another £13 million hanging.
Newcastle is still in a similar situation and it will be interesting to see if he is being subjected to a heavy fine by the UEFA. They are trying to build a scary team that can regularly fight for the trophies, but they need to be careful about their spending. Isak’s departure certainly boosts the finances of the windows ahead, which will allow them to properly improve their squad.
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