Premier League clubs made a combined loss of almost £800mn last season, highlighting the challenges facing investors who have spent billions of pounds buying teams in the world’s most popular football league.
Annual accounts from the 20 teams in England’s top flight covering the 2024-25 season show that 14 clubs reported pre-tax losses, despite revenues rising to more than £6.8bn across the league from £6.3bn a year earlier.
Chelsea, controlled by US private equity firm Clearlake Capital, reported a loss of £262mn, a record for an English club. Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham, both currently fighting to avoid relegation, made losses of £120.7mn and £104mn respectively.