The English football club Everton FC could be severely punished again for violating the financial rules of the Premier League. In addition, Nottingham Forest is threatened with a point deduction.
The Premier League announced on Monday (January 15, 2024) that both clubs had each confirmed the violation of the league’s profitability and sustainability rules. “In accordance with Premier League rules, both cases have now been referred to the Chair of the Justice Committee, who will appoint separate committees to determine the appropriate sanction.”
Got too much debt
No further statements would be made on the matters until the decision was made. Everton had already been deducted ten points this Premier League season.
An independent commission came to the conclusion in November that the Liverpool club had not complied with the league’s profitability and sustainability rules (PSR) and had exceeded them by almost 23 million euros. The teams are allowed to make a maximum loss of 105 million pounds over a period of three years – the equivalent of around 40 million euros per season.
An appeal against the sentence has been lodged
Everton stated that the club had already been punished for three of the four seasons in question. “The club is currently appealing against this sanction”it was said. “The club believes this is due to a clear flaw in the Premier League rule book.”
Nottingham announced that it wanted to cooperate fully with the Premier League and agreed “confident that a quick and fair solution will be found” become.