“English Premier League clubs generated record operating losses last season even as revenues soared to new heights, analysis from The Athletic has found. Across the 20 teams in what is routinely cited as the world’s richest football league, underlying deficits hit a combined £1.65billion ($2.24bn) in 2024-25, a 43 per cent increase in a single year. Expenditure across the three main cost categories — wages, transfer fee amortisation, and operating expenses — rose by £911million, almost double the collective’s £462m revenue growth. …”
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