Transfer calculator
Can Aston Villa afford this transfer?
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Scenario uses a projected squad-cost baseline (2026/27). Old PSR season views are on club pages.
Sale at £21m → £111m room before a points deduction. Edit the scenario below — every figure is an independent estimate, not an official ruling.
The result reflects this sale — use “Add to scenario” to stack more moves.
This scenario would leave Aston Villa with approximately £34m over the levy threshold. It would increase remaining spending room by £20m. The estimated squad-cost ratio would fall from 96.6% to 92.0%, leaving them over limit. Being over 85% but inside 115% would mean a financial levy on about £34m of overspend, not a points deduction.
This assumes transfer fees are spread over five-year contracts before wages, agent fees, bonuses and registration timing. It is a translation of room, not a recommended budget.
| Move | Annual transfer-fee costi | Annual wages | Agent/signing costs | Annual squad-cost change | Book profit/loss | Revenue impact | Room effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donyell Malen | £0m | -£2m | £3m | -£2m | +£21m | +£21m | £20m more room |
Amortisation spreads a fee across the contract. A £50m signing on a five-year deal is a £10m annual cost before wages and other fees.
Room effect combines squad-cost change and football-income impact. A sale can help twice: lower costs and, if profitable, stronger football income.
Book profit or loss is sale proceeds minus remaining book value and sale costs. Academy sales often have low book value.
Owner equity is shown only for old PSR because the new squad-cost test is linked to football income, not shareholder funding.
A transfer fee is spread over the contract: a £50m fee on a five-year deal adds about £10m a year. Wages count in full each season. Annual squad cost ≈ fee ÷ contract years + wages + a small allowance for agent and bonus costs. The calculator compares that yearly cost with Aston Villa's estimated football income — 85% of income is the levy line, and points deductions begin at 115%.
Aston Villa figures here are independent PSRwatch estimates, not official Premier League calculations. Read how PSRwatch builds its estimates, or the plain-English explainers on how transfer fees are spread over contracts and the Premier League squad-cost rule.