In the Premier League, Everton and Nottingham Forest have been sanctioned more easily than Manchester City, whose case has required millions of dollars to pursue.
Last season, both the Toffees and the Forest were penalized points, and Everton is still having financial difficulties in the league.
In the meantime, City has increased the Premier League’s legal costs by waging a vigorous legal defense and, more recently, by suing the league.
“City spending £00millions to argue over £000millions in sponsorship deals while Everton are left to argue facile points about whether interest on the Stadium counts for PSR on pain of further points deductions,” attorney Matt Stanbury summed up the issue in a post on X on June 4. not able to make it up.
Could Everton fight the Premier League the way Manchester City are?
Even though City has been slapped with 115 charges, as the public is beginning to learn, the Premier League has so far refrained from punishing them by vigorously defending their case.
So much so that a significant percentage of the accusations leveled against them are related to their unwillingness to assist the league in its investigations.
And now, in an unprecedented move, City has gone on the offensive and launched a counterattack by suing the Premier League.
Conversely, Everton and Forest have faced harsh penalties for quite minor offenses compared to those imposed on the champions.
But because of their precarious financial situation—777 Partners missed their deadline to close an acquisition, prolonging the Toffees’ takeover saga into a new chapter—and their already crippling debt, the club is unable to afford the millions in legal fees needed to imitate City’s strategies.
Everton will remain resentful of the Premier League’s persistent pressure until City’s case is settled.
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