Chelsea, Newcastle, Aston Villa, Everton, Nottm Forest and Leicester must all sell players by June 30 to avoid PSR breaches

Aston Villa, Chelsea, Everton, Leicester, Newcastle and Nottm Forest are under pressure to sell before the June 30 cut-off for the Premier League’s financial year; Sky Sports News’ Lyall Thomas and Rob Dorsett bring you the details of how clubs are planning to stay in line with the rules

As many as six Premier League clubs face having to sell players before the end of June in order to comply with the division’s Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR).

That date is the cut-off point for the financial year across the top flight, where clubs must show they have made losses of no more than £105m over the last three years – or less if they have spent some of that time outside the top flight.

Chelsea, Aston Villa, Newcastle, Everton, Nottingham Forest and Leicester are all under the pressure of losing a key asset or two, Sky Sports News understands, before the change over into the new financial year.

Each club’s magic number remains closely a guarded secret, but the situations they find themselves in is leading towards a mini transfer deadline day of its own on June 30. The transfer window opens just 16 days before that on June 14 – the starting date of Euro 2024 – and although clubs want to avoid disrupting the tournament by brokering deals for competing players, some interruption looks inevitable. June 30 has become that proxy deadline day for clubs needing to get their finances in order because if they are found to have breached those spending regulations they may be liable for sanctions, including points deductions. Everton were deducted points by the Premier League twice last season for two different sets of breaches, totalling eight overall. Nottm Forest were also docked four points for a single breach.

There are other ways clubs can boost income before the end of the month, such as through new commercial deals, but selling assets is quicker and players present the simplest method.

Here, Sky Sports News breaks down which players could leave and where they could go, with football finance expert Kieran Maguire crunching the numbers…

Aston Villa: Villans may have to sell Luiz

Champions League qualification will not prevent Aston Villa from potentially crossing the threshold in this financial year, as the financial benefits kick-in from July 1, so they are understood to be looking at selling a player.

One candidate could well be Douglas Luiz, who is attracting interest from Juventus. Villa want more than £50m for the Brazil midfielder, so Juve will have to get inventive as they cannot afford the valuation Villa have put on him. They are prepared to offer Weston McKennie in any proposed deal.

Ollie Watkins is clearly a player that could fetch huge money – perhaps £100m – but Villa are loathe to lose their star goalscorer and there are not many clubs out there with £100m in the bank to spend on one player.

Matty Cash is on the lists at clubs like AC Milan but, as a full-back, he would not command a high fee.