PSR rules 'not good' for football - Villa co-owner

The Premier League's profit and sustainability rules "do not make sense" and are bad for football, Aston Villa's co-owner says.

Egyptian businessman Nassef Sawiris besides said he was considering ineligible action against nan rules.

Villa are expected to request to waste players this summertime to comply pinch profit and sustainability (PSR) rules, having reported a nonaccomplishment of £119m successful their accounts up to 31 May 2023.

That anticipation comes contempt nan nine qualifying for nan Champions League aft finishing 4th past season.

Villa voted against nan preamble of PSR rules, which came into unit successful 2015-16, which licence losses of up to £105m successful a three-year spell for Premier League clubs.

The nine reportedly grounded successful a move to raise nan maximum losses to £135m astatine nan apical flight's yearly wide gathering past week.

Sawiris told nan Financial Times, external: "Some of nan rules person really resulted successful cementing nan position quo much than creating upward mobility and fluidity successful nan sport.

"The rules do not make consciousness and are not bully for football."

Everton and Nottingham Forest were deducted points past play for PSR breaches while Manchester City besides look charges, and are separately facing nan Premier League successful a ineligible battle complete commercialized rules.

BBC Sport understands an arbitration proceeding surrounding nan legality of nan league’s associated statement transaction (APT) rules, which find whether sponsorship deals are financially ‘fair’, is taking spot until 21 June.

"Managing a sports squad has go much for illustration being a treasurer aliases a legume antagonistic alternatively than looking astatine what your squad needs," Sawiris said.

"It's much astir creating insubstantial profits, not existent profits. It becomes a financial game, not a sporting game."

The PSR are group to stay for astatine slightest adjacent season, while clubs have agreed to proceedings an replacement financial system, which operates for illustration a spending cap, alongside PSR successful nan 2024-25 season.

The Squad Cost Rules (SCR) and Top to Bottom Anchoring Rules (TBA) will run connected a "non-binding basis".

Teams will beryllium allowed to walk nary much than 85% of their full revenues connected squads nether nan caller system.