Yikes

Deloitte Football Money League 2026 puts our revenue for 24/25 at £490.5m and wages at £353m. Yes, our wage bill went up.

(£:€0.84)

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Some UEFAnomics.

According to The Times every List A eligible player count towards creating a positive transfer balance, even those who weren't previously registered.

Neither Fofana nor Lavia were registered, but the latter is now eligible for our List B so he shouldn't add to our List A cost.

We’re also missing out on profits from a lucrative pre-season tour. The costs are hefty, but it’s still been a very profitable gig for us.

The real cost might hit later, though, if we struggle in the league because our players are exhausted.

A fraction of club money.

~$104m✓

The sporting sanction is likely a bit whatever.

Ali Barat, who we've done plenty of deals with is also his agent. Convenient.

Just wait until they sell Madueke for less.

Hmm, he'd take up an international loan slot. Washington already took one, as he's still on loan at Santos until Dec/Jan. Paez, Amougou, and potentially Penders to Strasbourg would be another three.

Leaves just one slot.

With City and Inter out, not reaching the final would be a bit embarrassing. It’d push our CWC income above $100M.

Aston Villa agree deal to sell women’s team to owner V Sports The Athletic reported last week that Villa were exploring the option of selling their women’s team to help with PSR.

Aston Villa have sold their women's team to V Sports, which owns the club, alongside a minority stake to new investors. Allows #AVFC to record profit in 24-25 accounts - and their PSR calculation.

Analysis from me alongside @david-ornstein.bsky.social's story, here:

www.nytimes.com/athletic/646...

True.😩

Yeah, no big sales and no intra-group shenanigans.

Let's see how wrong I am in nine months.

Malo Gusto in midfield should be a sackable offence.

If this game was played on June 30th but ended after midnight UK time due to the delay, then the accounting gets a bit wonky since it rolls into a new fiscal year. 🤓🤪

Lmao.

Subs please.

Depends on the add-ons but

This is fine. Madueke just played 70 mins last game and Andrey Santos is just a backup to Enzo F. (For now anyway)

Knowing is we'll brief the fee, which will likely be disgusting, 15 mins before the game tonight.

He's cup-tied for the CWC(13 mins played lmao), so we can't add him to our squad if we beat Benfica tonight. Same goes for Estevão Willian, but looks like either Benfica or us will play Palmeiras in the QF anyway.

Relatively big sale for someone like S'bourg, but they could be in for a rough season.

Replacing Petro, Diarra and Santos is a tall order.

€35.5m (including add-ons) is a bit over half of Strasbourg's total revenue for 23/24 (€67.2m).

Obviously, there are significant costs associated with participating in the CWC, so not all of it will trickle down to Chelsea’s bottom line.

No pre-season tour revenue either next season so that's also a factor to consider.

Beating Benfica on Saturday would earn Chelsea another $13.125m, bringing the total to roughly $53m/£39m. All of which should be recognised in 2024/25, with any additional prize money recognised in 2025/26.

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$9.5m in the bank, brings our total to about $40m.

I'd be happy to trade Nkunku at BV + £10m for Garnacho, would value the latter at ~£50m.

No profit for us, but UEFA would eliminate any profit from any quasi-swap deal anyway.

United would book a £50m accounting/PSR profit, and £10m UEFA profit that's irrelevant since they're not in Eur.

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