Aston Villa handed £100m verdict as PSR boost examined.
Aston Villa revealed how much they can sell their women’s squad for following Chelsea’s £200 million appraisal.
Aston Villa has been considering selling their women’s squad for some time, and this summer could be the perfect occasion to do it.
After failing to qualify for the Champions League in consecutive seasons, Villa will need to generate significant money in the upcoming fiscal year, which begins on July 1 and ends on June 30, 2026. Villa sold nearly £70 million in talent last June, with Tim Iroegbunam, Omari Kellyman, and Douglas Luiz leaving the club.
Villa’s financial condition is far from bad this month, having previously sold Moussa Diaby and Jhon Durán for more than £115 million combined throughout the fiscal year, in addition to prior sales.
Kaine Kesler-Hayden and Louie Barry, on the other hand, could both go before June 30, as Villa seeks to maximise profits. Aside from earning finances through player sales this summer, Villa might make money by selling at least a portion of their women’s squad, either to a sibling firm or externally.
BlueCo’s decision to transfer Chelsea’s women’s squad to a sibling business for roughly £198.7 million enabled them to comply with PSR requirements and make a pre-tax profit of £128.4 million in 2023-24.
The agreement is still subject to top-tier approval, as was the sale of two club-owned hotels before the transaction’s value was decreased. Following Chelsea’s blockbuster sale, sports financial expert Stefan Borson says Villa’s women’s side might be worth more than £100 million.
“If Chelsea’s women’s team is worth £200m, all of the value in the women’s team that justifies £200m is about what the women’s game looks like in 2050,” according to him on talkSPORT. “It doesn’t matter what it looks like in 2025.
“It doesn’t matter whether Chelsea won championships in the early days of the women’s game because it’s all about future worth. So, if the future worth of a top football club franchise in the women’s game is important, practically any Premier League club, regardless of size, can benefit.
“Newcastle, Everton and Aston Villa’s women’s teams are all worth over £100m on the Chelsea valuation metrics because it’s not about what they have won so far or the revenue or the profit – it’s about what they might be worth in 25 years’ time with a football brand the equivalent of Chelsea’s.”
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