Newcastle being held to account by UEFA

Newcastle United expect UEFA to sanction them even if they fail to qualify for Europe This season reports CITYAM, The club are in talks with the Club Financial Control Body at UEFA over a potential breach of spending regulations (SCR) which, unlike the Premier League’s, do not allow the sale of stadiums and other infrastructure to sister companies to be counted as profit.

Newcastle Sold the leasing rights to St James’ Park to a sister company PZ Holdings LTD, Whilst the ground is the clubs, the land it sits on is leased from Newcastle City Council. The price the club sold the leasing rights for was £133.1 million In June 2025, the latest accounts show the sale of the leasing rights help the club to make an Operating Profit of £43.6 million for the 2025 Accounting period.

Newcastle face a fine and trading restrictions requiring them to be net positive in transfer income for a period. The fine is rumoured to be in the region of £9.5 million, rising to around £27 million if the club does not abide to the terms of any settlement reached.

The club expect to learn their fate of if they have been found in breach, by the end of the season. Chief Financial Officer at Newcastle United Simon Capper said “ The Motivation was very much to recognise our property assets and get them into the correct legal boxes to allow us to go forward with our potential development, either at St James’ Park or for a new stadium, and to facilitate that with financing and other similar items.

Both Chelsea and Aston Villa entered into a settlement agreement with UEFA to make amends for their expenditure which was found to be in breach.The Blues were fined £27 million, with the potential that it could rise to £60m if terms of the settlement agreement are breached. Villa, meanwhile, were hit with a £9.5m fine, that could yet rise to £17m. Similarly, Chelsea and Villa must maintain a positive net transfer balance to register new players for UEFA fixtures.