Football finance – short-term cost controls, profitability and sustainability

Andy Turner, media and sports partner at Mercer & Hole, provides an update on football finance from accounting for the impact of financial fair play regulations to calculating club profitability

The Premier League Financial Fair Play regulations (now known as Profit and Sustainability regulations) were established to prevent football clubs from getting into financial difficulty. 

Although they have been amended several times, there continue to be requirements to provide information by certain deadlines and significant sanctions for clubs that breach the rules.

It is important for all football clubs and their finance teams to model the impact of these regulations when preparing forecasts and making financial and commercial decisions.

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