BRAEKING NEWS: EVERTON RECENT DEVELOPMENT INDICATE THAT THE EVERTON WILL MAKE A MASSIVE ATTEMPT TO ACQUIRE…
BRAEKING NEWS: EVERTON RECENT DEVELOPMENT INDICATE THAT THE EVERTON WILL MAKE A MASSIVE ATTEMPT TO ACQUIRE…
Everton will fight the threat of ANOTHER points deduction after being hit with a second Premier League charge.
Having already been struck with a brutal ten-point penalty for not complying with profit and sustainability regulations (PSR), the club has again been referred to an independent commission for breaching the same rules in a different time period.
Everton have already protested the original ten-point sanction – which has left them just one point above the relegation zone – and the new charge will not be heard until that appeal has been settled.
The Premier League say Everton have breached PSR over the three-year 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 period. Everton will argue they are already being punished for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons.
While a new independent commission will have to wait for the outcome of Everton’s current appeal to hear the latest charges, the Premier League wants the matter closed by, at the latest, May 24 – a week after the last game of the Premier League season.
Any points deduction, though, WOULD apply to this season’s final standings, meaning Everton – and Nottingham Forest – could finish their campaign and not know what division they will be playing in next season.
Under PSR, clubs are allowed to lose a maximum of £105million over a three-year cycle. Everton have officially responded strongly to the second charge and are preparing a robust defence.
The club will argue that the Premier League’s PSR are being changed later this year because they are flawed and have not taken inflation and global economic issues into account since their inception in 2014.
They will claim that they would be compliant with new rules coming into force and that they are, effectively, being punished for building a new stadium, which is expected to come in at a cost of £750million.
Everton will insist only Luton and Brighton have a healthier net spend on players over a five-year period. But the Premier League are clearly determined to be tough on PSR breaches and if the current ten-point penalty stands and Everton are hit with another, similar deduction, they will almost certainly be playing their football in the Championship next season.
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