Newcastle, Chelsea and Aston Villa fined for breaching European financial rules

Uefa fines Newcastle £5.2m for first breach of squad cost rules Chelsea and Villa hit with penalties for second year in a row Newcastle have been fined €6m (£5.2m) by Uefa for breaching its financial sustainability regulations, while Aston Villa and Chelsea have also been given fines for overspending for the second successive year. Following detailed submissions to Uefa’s club financial control body (CFCB), Newcastle were found to have breached the football earnings rule (FER) and squad cost rules (SCR), with both offences leading to fines of €3m each, plus a suspended fine of €7m. Continue reading...