Premier League Clubs Agree on New Financial Rules

Patrick Irving26/11/2025 6:05 am25/11/2025

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Premier League clubs have agreed on new financial rules due to come into effect at the start of the 2026/27 season. In an agreement made last Friday, the current Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR) will make way for two new systems, Squad Cost Ratio (SCR) and Sustainability and Systemic Resilience (SSR), designed to provide a clearer framework and support the financial future of Premier League clubs.

What is SCR and SSR?

The Squad Cost Ratio (SCR) system aims to limit a club’s spending based on their football-related revenue. Clubs can spend up to 85% of their revenue ‘on-pitch spending’, including player wages, head coach fees and agents’ fees. However, if a club goes beyond this limit, a 30% allowance ensures the club will not face immediate sporting sanctions.

Alongside SCR is the Sustainability and Systemic Resilience (SSR) system, which is designed to monitor a club’s short, medium and long-term financial sustainability. SSR will be especially important going forward because it allows clubs to invest sensibly, thus reducing the possibility of bankruptcy.

Why Introduce New Rules?

The hope for these new measures is that they align better with UEFA’s existing SCR rules, as well as providing improved transparency with fans, clubs and stakeholders.

Previous years have demonstrated a lack of clarity over PSR rules, with clubs such as Everton being sanctioned for financial breaches, and giants Manchester City and Chelsea both coming under fire for not complying with PSR. The introduction of new rules will also hope to remove loopholes which allowed clubs to avoid sanctions by selling assets to sister companies.

Why are Regulations Important?

According to Deloitte’s annual review of Premier League club revenue, the 2023/24 season brought in over AUD 12 billion, but projections for 2025/26 are even higher at roughly AUD 14 billion. While these impressive revenue numbers will support sustained investment and increased competition, they nevertheless carry huge financial and legal risks for the clubs involved.

The new financial rules will not aim to limit spending, but rather to control and monitor it. Consistently high spending can instigate financial penalties and sanctions in the long-term for a club. Therefore, as the Premier League continues to expand across the world and allow clubs to grow year-on-year, the need for clear spending rules is essential.

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Victory unites with Roasting Warehouse in culture-led partnership

Patrick Irving16/04/2026 8:55 am16/04/2026

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The Melbourne-based anf family-owned business will join the Victory family, uniting two institutions which represent the city’s culture and identity.

A partnership with local roots

As the newest partner of Melbourne Victory, Roasting Warehouse joins forces with a vital part of the city’s sporting landscape.

The club’s Managing Director, Caroline Carnegie, outlined why the partnership bears so much value to both parties.

“We are excited to collaborate with Roasting Warehouse, a community-oriented destination for high-quality coffee, proud of its foundations in Melbourne,” said Carnegie via official media release.

“Football and coffee sit at the epicentre of Melbourne’s culture. The two go hand-in-hand, consistently at the centre of the conversation that stirs Melburnians, which is no different to the conversation sport and Melbourne Victory stir in the State.”

Indeed, this is a partnership which combines the identity, passions and culture of an entire city, therefore giving it the foundations required for long-term, mutual success.

Representing the best of Melbourne

Both Victory and Roasting Warehouse are hugely successful in their respective industries. They are institutions with community-oriented philosphies, who pride themselves on craft and quality.

“We’re incredibly proud to partner with Melbourne Victory, a club that represents the heart, passion, and ambition of Melbourne,” revealed Roasting Warehouse Head of Brand, Alexander Paraskevopoulos.

“As a Melbourne-founded, family-run business, supporting a team that means so much to the local community feels very natural for us.”

Furthermore, through their high-quality blends, Roasting Warehouse will look to prepare Victory’s players and staff for high performances on the pitch as the seasons nears completion.

But this is about far more than just fueling athletes.

This is a partnership which embodies and unites two of Melbourne’s greatest strengths and cultural markers – a connection forged from the city’s very own DNA.

For more information about Roasting Warehouse, click here.

Marie-Louise Eta makes history as new Union Berlin head coach

Patrick Irving15/04/2026 6:05 am14/04/2026

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In an historic appointment, Eta will take over as head coach of Union Berlin until the end of the season.

History in the making

Previously the first female assistant coach in Bundesliga history with Union Berlin, Eta will now take the reigns of the men’s first team on an interim basis.

Currently, the club sit in 11th place in the Bundesliga table, but with only two wins so far in 2026, relegation appears an all-too-real prospect, and one which the club is desperate to avoid.

“Given the points gap in the lower half of the table, our place in the Bundesliga is not yet secure,” said Eta via official media release.

‘I am delighted that the club has entrusted me with this challenging task. One of Union’s strengths has always been, and remains, the ability to pull together in such situations.”

Eta will begin as Union’s new head coach with immediate effect, and will be in the dugout for the club’s matchup against Wolfsburg this weekend.

A step into an equal future

Eta’s appointment signals a major step towards a more level playing field in the football landscape.

Furthermore, Eta joins other coaches including Sabrinna Wittmann, Hannah Dingley and Corinne Diacre who, in recent years, have blazed a trail for female coaches to step into the men’s game.

Wittmann currently manages FC Ingolstadt in Germany’s third division, and was the first female head coach in Germany’s top three divisions.

In 2023, Dingley became caretaker manager of Forest Green Rovers, and thus the first woman to lead a men’s professional team in England.

Diacre, now head coach of France’s women’s national team, managed Ligue 2’s Clerment Foot between 2014 and 2017.

Final thoughts

The impact therefore, is that Eta’s appointment will show future generations of aspiring female coaches that men’s football is an equally viable and possible pathway as the women’s game.

The time is now to level the playing field.

And while it may be a short-term role, its effect on attitudes towards equality and fair opportunities in the game will hopefully resonate long after the season ends.