BBC: The Premier League bans teams from selling assets to sister companies, Chelsea and Everton have related actions

November 22nd, the BBC reported that Premier League clubs will no longer be able to circumvent financial rules by selling themselves assets such as hotels and women's teams because they will implement new regulations starting next season.

The decision comes after clubs narrowly voted on Friday to approve a new Financial Fair Play (FFP) system based on team costs. Clubs are meeting in London to vote on three possible ways to replace the Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR). The team cost ratio (SCR) received 14 votes in favor and 6 against, the minimum number of votes needed to implement the rule change.

From the 2026-27 season, total team costs must be limited to 85% of club revenue, although teams participating in European competitions need to comply with UEFA's maximum 70%. Team costs include player and coach salaries, transfer fees and agent fees. Most notably, it would end a loophole for circumventing the rules through the sale of capital assets such as hotels and women's teams.

Last year Chelsea sold two of its hotels to a sister company to keep them in compliance with the PSR. In July, Everton sold its women's team to its parent company, while Aston Villa reportedly agreed to do the same. Assessment will be based solely on gross revenue from the club’s football operations.

The regulations on sustainability, the rules that set the club's medium- and long-term financial spending plans, were unanimously adopted.

But the anchoring mechanism, which sets a spending cap based on the bottom club's income, failed to gain the necessary support. There were 12 votes against, 7 in favor and 1 abstention.

"The new SCR rules are designed to facilitate all clubs pursuing greater opportunities for success and bring the league's financial system closer to UEFA's existing SCR rules," the Premier League statement read. "Other key features of the league's new system include transparent in-season monitoring and sanctions, protection against poor sports performance, the ability to spend ahead of revenue, the ability to enhance off-field investment, and reducing complexity by focusing on football costs."