Championship SCR
How much can Burnley spend?
Burnley is a parachute-payment club. A large slice of this revenue is Premier League parachute money - and it falls away sharply once those payments end, which is exactly when SCR headroom can disappear. How parachute payments work →
Burnley: the SCR breakdown
- Estimated revenue (football) reported £71.7m
- 85% SCR limit (no owner top-up) £60.9m
- Estimated squad cost reported £82.3m
- Headroom vs 85% limit −£21.4m
- + Max owner equity top-up (if used) £16m
- Max spending allowance (with top-up) £76.9m
- Headroom vs max allowance −£5.4m
What this means
On these estimates, Burnley are spending well above what SCR allows. Closing that gap usually means selling players or growing revenue before they can strengthen further.
Summer 2026 window vs SCR headroom
- Window spend (gross) £34.1m
- Window sales £105.7m
- Net sale estimated −£71.6m
- Pre-window effective SCR headroom (85% limit plus any top-up or allowance) −£5.4m
- Against the 85% line alone −£21.4m
A net sale of −£71.6m leaves £66.3m of the −£5.4m of effective headroom Burnley had before the window opened — the 85% limit plus any owner top-up or allowance, minus estimated squad cost, the same basis as the transfer-window table.
Against the 85% line alone, with no top-up, Burnley's pre-window headroom was −£21.4m (already over the line).
Sums only disclosed base fees (excludes add-ons): incoming Florentino Luis £20.8m, Ugo Raghouber £4.275m, Anel Ahmedhodzic £6m, Igor Julio £3m = £34.1m. Outgoing Jaidon Anthony £15m, Maxime Esteve £22m, Luca Koleosho £12.7m, Florentino Luis (resold) £16m, Zian Flemming £20m = £105.7m. Add-ons and several undisclosed fees excluded, so true totals are somewhat higher both sides. Major net-sale summer post-relegation.
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Spending beyond calculated headroom is not automatically a breach: transfer fees are amortised over the contract, sales offset signings, and none of it reaches SCR squad cost until the next accounts are filed. Every club's window spend vs headroom →
Old rules vs new: PSR compared to SCR
Under the old PSR system, clubs were judged on total losses over three years, not on what they spent on the squad as a share of revenue. Here's how Burnley's position compares under both sets of rules.
| Old PSR (loss-based) | New SCR (revenue-based) |
|---|---|
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3-year losses: £20.8m
reported
Limit: £61m Headroom: +£40.2m 2021/22–2023/24 (mixed Champ/PL) |
Squad cost: £82.3m
85% limit: £60.9m · Max (with top-up): £76.9m Headroom: −£21.4m Based on £71.7m revenue |
£36m profit in 2021/22 Championship (massive player sales) cushioned subsequent losses of £27.9m and £28.9m. Mixed division limit ~£61m (2 Champ years + 1 PL year). Comfortably within rules despite structural wage pressure.
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