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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Matt Hughes

Football regulator to recommend cost controls in landmark report with 94% of clubs making loss

Chelsea celebrate after scoring against Bournemouth on Saturday
Chelsea made a Premier League-record pre-tax loss of £262.4m for the year ending 30 June 2025. Photograph: Adam Davy/PA

The Independent Football Regulator (IFR) is to recommend clubs introduce greater cost controls in its long-awaited State of the Game report, to be published on Tuesday.

The 250-page draft report, with a final version to follow in the spring after an eight-week public consultation beginning this week, will paint a damning picture of the financial state of English men’s football, including the stark finding that 94% of the top 116 clubs are loss-making.

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