The appeal process will now commence and the club’s case will be heard by an appeal board appointed pursuant to the Premier League’s rules in due course. The club has already communicated its intention to appeal the decision to the Premier League. “The club believes that the commission has imposed a wholly disproportionate and unjust sporting sanction. ![]() ![]() Last month, the Premier League had recommended a deduction of up to 12 points for the Toffees, as they urged the independent commission to impose a severe sanction.Įverton have been plunged into the relegation zone after the points deduction (PA Archive)Įverton responded in a club statement that said: “Everton Football Club is both shocked and disappointed by the ruling of the Premier League’s commission. The commission concluded that a sporting sanction in the form of a 10-point deduction should be imposed. “Following a five-day hearing last month, the commission determined that Everton FC’s PSR calculation for the relevant period resulted in a loss of £124.5m, as contended by the Premier League, which exceeded the threshold of £105m permitted under the PSRs. During the proceedings, the club admitted it was in breach of the PSRs for the period ending season 2021-22 but the extent of the breach remained in dispute. “The Premier League issued a complaint against the club and referred the case to an independent commission earlier this year. The Premier League claimed Everton “submitted misleading information” about the financing of its new Bramley-Moore Dock Stadium, about interest charges on the building of the £760m ground and the commission ruled the club was “less than frank” in its evidence.Ī statement from the Premier League read: “An independent commission has imposed an immediate deduction of 10 points on Everton FC for a breach of the Premier League’s Profitability and Sustainability Rules (PSRs). The commission ruled Everton had overspent by £19.5m. They are just the third club in the Premier League era to be deducted points for any reason: Portsmouth saw nine points taken away for entering administration in 2010 and Middlesbrough were slapped with a three-point deduction for illegally postponing a game in 1997 – both teams subsequently suffering relegation at the end of the season. The Toffees become the first English top-flight club to receive such a punishment for falling foul of FFP guidelines. The appeal will be heard before the end of the season but as it stands, Sean Dyche’s men will drop from 14th to 19th place in the Premier League table and be plunged into greater danger of relegation, as they only stay above bottom side Burnley on goal difference.
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