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Mark Smith

Fri 17 April 2026 8:10, UK

Aston Villa have been told they should face no issues after recording profits from the sale of their women’s team and The Warehouse in their latest accounts.

The Villans posted profits of £113.6million from the sales combined to subsidiaries of NSWE, which are subject to the Premier League’s APT rules.

Chelsea have been heavily involved with those in recent years, but Villa have been told that approvals should be fine.

That is the view of Keith Wyness, who also admits that qualification back into the Champions League will also be crucial for Unai Emery and NSWE moving forward.

It comes off the back of years of financial troubles with the Premier League and UEFA.

Aston Villa to avoid Chelsea trouble with Premier League

Wyness insists that the precedents surrounding similar sales should help Aston Villa.

Speaking exclusively to Villa News, the ex-Villan CEO admitted that the improvements around Villa Park are positive in that regard, and the sales should get the green light easily.

“I think it will be okay. I know the property involved and, of course, the women’s team,” Wyness said.

“There are lots of precedents around for that already, so I don’t really see any problem around it at all.

“Villa Park obviously has still got great potential for facilities around it as well as the stadium’s got a pretty constrained envelope to a degree, and they’re doing a lot of work to improve it, but still around the stadium, there’s other possibilities beyond the warehouse, which is now a music-type entertainment venue as well as just before matches.

“They’re stuck a little bit because the location isn’t great.

“It’s not next to a great catchment population within right on the local doorstep. You need to travel from the centre to get out there to a degree, but still, I think with the right act, it could still work.

“I don’t see any problem, though, with it in terms of approvals.

“They’re nowhere near as controversial as the Chelsea moves were, and so I expect it to go through quite easily.

“I think that’s what’s going to be saving Villa at the moment, but it does seem that Champions League football, as we keep saying, is a crucial thing for them. And they seem to be hanging on at the moment. So it’s an important few games for them.

“They’ve got to stay in that Champions League five spots.”

Chelsea example brought to light for Aston Villa

In June 2023, Chelsea sold The Millennium and Copthorne hotels around Stamford Bridge to the BlueCo 22 Property Ltd, sales that were eventually cleared by the Premier League over a year later.

Based on this latest intel from Wyness, it appears that Villa certainly won’t have to wait that long for answers on their own dealings.