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Arsenal have major reason to be hopeful after £94m PSR reveal

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Arsenal have major reason to be hopeful after £94m PSR reveal

While across London, Arsenal’s rivals Chelsea may have to get creative when it comes to meeting profit and sustainability rules in time for the end of the financial year on June 30, the Gunners have no such concerns.

The 2022/23 financial year for Arsenal came to an end on May 31, and thanks to a return to Champions League football and improved commercial deals the club had little to be overly concerned about when it came to breaching the Premier League’s much-maligned PSR financial controls.




PSR allows for clubs to make a maximum of £105m losses over a three-year period, although allowable deductions are permitted for investment into infrastructure, the women’s team, the academy, and community initiatives.

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The impact of the pandemic, which won’t be reflected in this three-year assessment period, was also an allowable deduction given its hugely significant role in clubs making enormous losses due to lack of matchday revenue and impacted broadcast money.

The PSR limit has been much criticised after three points deductions were handed out last season, two to Everton and one to Nottingham Forest. Leicester City were also found to be in breach.

Introduced in 2012, it was designed to try and stop clubs from running aground financially and to learn lessons from the collapse into administration of Portsmouth.

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