EFL Squad Cost Ratio
How much can Wolverhampton Wanderers spend?
Wolverhampton Wanderers 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.
Wolverhampton Wanderers: the SCR breakdown
- Estimated revenue (football) reported £172m
- SCR limit - 85% of revenue £146.2m
- + Owner equity top-up (max / season) £15m
- Effective spending allowance £161.2m
- Estimated squad cost reported £162m
- Headroom −£800k
What this means
On these estimates, Wolverhampton Wanderers are spending above the 85% Green Threshold but within reach of it - the kind of position the owner top-up allowance is designed to cover. Manageable, but not unlimited.
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 Wolves's position compares under both sets of rules.
| Old PSR (loss-based) | New SCR (revenue-based) |
|---|---|
|
3-year losses: −£127.1m
reported
Limit: £105m Headroom: −£22.1m 2021/22–2023/24 (PL) |
Squad cost: £162m
Limit (85% + top-up): £161.2m Headroom: −£800k Based on £172m revenue |
Breached PL £105m limit by £22m. Losses of £46m, £67m, £14m over three seasons. Heavy player sales (£65m in 2023/24) kept headline losses down but club spent above PL threshold.
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