Exclusive: Aston Villa set for £11m+ hit after done deals
Aston Villa have added more than £11million to their wage bill for the remainder of the season following their last-gasp loan signings, sources have told Football Insider.
The West Midlands giants secured temporary deals for Marcus Rashford, Marco Asensio and Axel Disasi before the window slammed shut on Monday (3 February).
Unai Emery’s side also signed Donyell Malen and Andres Garcia on a permanent basis earlier in the window, with those deals setting them back more than £25million in total.
Elsewhere, Jhon Duran completed his initial £64million move from Villa to Al-Nassr, while Jaden Philogene joined Ipswich Town for £20million and Diego Carlos headed to Fenerbahce in a £10million deal.
Emiliano Buendia, Kosta Nedeljkovic, Lewis Dobbin, Louie Barry and Samuel Iling-Junior also agreed loan moves away from Villa Park.
Aston Villa add to growing wage bill after new signings
Villa are paying 70 per cent of Rashford’s Manchester United salary, which is believed to be worth at least £325,000 a week.
That means the Premier League side will pay the England international about £4.9million over the next five months, with a £40million option-to-buy clause included in the deal.
The club have agreed to cover all of Asensio’s reported £230,000-a-week wages during his time on loan from PSG, increasing their salary expenditure by £5million.
Villa will also pay Disasi’s entire salary until the end of the season, with the centre-back understood to be on around £80,000 per week at Chelsea.
The France international will set them back £1.7million in wages over the coming months, while there is also a £5million loan fee included in the deal.
Sources have told Football Insider Villa’s three late loan signings will add around £11.6million to their wage bill over the next five months.
Deloitte’s 2025 Money League revealed the West Midlands side’s revenue surged from £218million in 2022-23 to a new club-record figure of £265million last season.
But their wage bill also increased from £194million to £252million to take them close to the profit and sustainability (PSR) limit, with top-flight clubs only permitted to lose £105million over a rolling three-year period.
Finance expert Stefan Borson told Football Insider Villa are facing an “enormous” problem as their wages take up the majority of their revenue.
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