Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Aston Villa has record loss of $85 million

updated 5:49 p.m. ET Feb. 28, 2012

LONDON - Aston Villa had a record loss of $85 million last season as the American-owned club's fortunes tumbled.

After three years in the top six, Randy Lerner's Villa finished ninth last season and is currently 15th in the Premier League.

Villa's commercial income was a record 92 million pounds ($146 million) in the year ending last May 31.

But losses rose by more than 40 percent to 53.9 million pounds ($85 million) as a result of paying 18 million pounds (then $29 million) to sign forward Darren Bent in January 2011 and 12 million pounds ($19 million) in compensation for coaching changes.

Villa says Lerner, who also owns NFL's Cleveland Browns, invested another 25 million pounds ($40 million) in the club in the last financial year.

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