Aston Villa miss £4m tax bill deadline as chief executive is suspended

05 June 2018 07:39
• Championship club risks facing a winding-up petition• Owner Tony Xia confronts wider financial issuesAston Villa have been thrown into financial turmoil and face the threat of being served with a winding-up petition by HMRC, after the Championship club failed to pay a tax bill that was due last Friday. The news that Villa had missed a tax payment emerged on the same day that Keith Wyness, the chief executive, was suspended as a sense of crisis deepened at the Midlands club. Related: Aston Villa face task of keeping Jack Grealish after Wembley agony | Ian Malin Continue readingreadfullarticle

Source: TheGuardian