Aston Villa could choose to face another sanction amid 'fines all over the place' - Stefan Borson

Aston Villa could be facing further fines after being sanctioned by UEFA for breaching Squad Cost Ratio (SCR) rules in 2025.

That is according to former Manchester City financial adviser Stefan Borson, who exclusively told Football Insider that Villa could choose to take another hit instead of balancing the books.

Morgan Rogers has long been linked with an exit, suggesting that the Villans are aiming to pay off some of their fines, but that would mean losing a huge player.

Unai Emery's side have already been fined €22million (£19m) by UEFA, at least £7m of which can be paid now, while the Premier League have also taken action.

Thanks to late kick-offs in nine Premier League matches in 2025-26, the Europa League champions were handed another £570,000 in fines.

All of these sanctions stacking up could have an impact on Villa's transfer plans this summer, but not if the club's hierarchy take the difficult way out.

Aston Villa have 'a bit of a problem' financially

Speaking exclusively to Football Insider, instead of selling any valuable stars, Borson has potentially found a more expensive solution.

"The other alternative that they've got is to breach again. That would be a third breach. It would be another quite significant fine," he said.

"And it is possible that that would also trigger the conditional element of the fine from this year, whic starts to get quite expensive.

"The other part that they'll have got is that they've also at the same time got to comply with a 70 per cent Premier League cap that's very similar to SCR.

"Again, you can pay a fine on Premier League SCR. But again, you start to get to the point where they're paying fines all over the place. It's a bit of a problem."

Unai Emery could sacrifice Amadou Onana to avoid further fines

As discussed, Rogers could be one of the first players sold, and not just because of the major interest, but also because of his market value.

Other than the England international, only Ezri Konsa, Boubacar Kamara or Amadou Onana are likely to have much value this summer.

That is why Borson has suggested selling the latter, saying: "I guess you could just about say, could you sell Onana if you could get what they paid for him?

"They will have two years of amortisation, so they've got a bit of a profit there. But it's not the same as what they could probably get from any of the players I just mentioned."