Swansea City player wages revealed as accounts published The Swans have invested heavily in the squad recently, as revealed in their latest accounts Comments Sport Tom Coleman Sports Writer 18:14, 21 Apr 2026 View Image Swansea have filed their latest financial statements Swansea City's recent heavy investment in its playing squad has been laid bare in the club's latest financial accounts. It was revealed by filings earlier in the month that the club had posted a loss of £21.6m for the year ending June 2025 – a record for the football club. Those figures are also up from the £14.4m for the previous 12-month period, and are £5.3m ahead of the previous record loss of £16.3m. Swansea haven't made a profit since 2020, with the financial hardships of life outside the Premier League continuing to bite. J OIN US ON FACEBOOK! Follow Wales Online’s Swansea City FB page for more news and analysis As noted by football finance expert Kieran Maguire, the club's turnover has plummeted from £126.8m in 2018 to £22.3m for last season. Operational costs have also increased from £47m to £51m, with player wages are up six per cent to £29m. The club also spent more on transfer fees during that time, shelling out £10.7m, a whopping increase of 80 per cent on the previous year, and the highest since the £55.5m spent in 2018. Gross squad costs also edged up by 17 per cent to £19.9m. Profit on player trading for the year was £8.1m, down from £10.5m, with these latest accounts including the sales of Matt Grimes to Coventry City and Nathan Wood to Southampton. The figures merely further underline the importance of the club's current ownership group, which took over back in November 2024 following the Jason Levien and Steve Kaplan's decision to sell their minority stakes in the club. Brett Cravatt and Jason Cohen then took over as majority stakeholders, with these latest accounts coming before the arrivals of celebrity investors Snoop Dogg, Martha Stewart and Luka Modric. In a statement posted earlier this month, the club said: "The club invested significantly in its playing squad in the financial year under review; acquisition costs of player registrations in the financial period amounted to £6.0m. "The associated costs contributed to an increase in operational expenses to £47.0m for the eleven month period compared to £43.0m for the previous year. "The Board acknowledges that whilst the magnitude of the operational loss is a product of the highly competitive environment within the EFL Championship in which the Club currently competes; the Club will continue to focus on achieving operational efficiencies in order to maximise the resources which can be invested into the first team squad. "The costs of operating a Stadium and two training facilities are significant and are growing. In the absence of any immediate prospect of an redistribution agreement between the EFL and the Premier League then the club will continue to be reliant on the support of its Ownership Group as the main source of funding. "During the period, further shares of £16.5m were issued compared with £41.2m in the prior period. Subsequently to this period end, a further £21.0m of shares have been issued." -- Article continues below *Follow all of our social channels to ensure you stay up to date with the latest Swans news. Sign up to our daily newsletter here and our WhatsApp channel here . Our Swansea City correspondent Tom Coleman is also on social media. He can be found on his X account here , on Instagram , on TikTok and on Facebook .
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