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Newcastle United are at serious risk of breaching Uefa’s financial rules because they cannot use profits claimed from selling the leasehold on their St James’ Park stadium to a sister company.
The club’s accounts have revealed that they registered a £133.1million profit last season by selling the leasehold on the stadium and some adjacent land.
The Premier League still allows such sales of assets to sister companies to be declared as profits to help clubs comply with its Profitability and Sustainability Rules (PSR), after failing to persuade member clubs to close the loophole last year.
Newcastle are also now at risk of a large fine, with club insiders accepting it may be a challenge to comply.
The European governing body also takes a much tougher line on transfer income from sales of players to related clubs. Uefa’s football earnings rule limits losses over a rolling three-year period to €60million (£52million) — the Premier League’s loss limit is more relaxed, at £105million.