Everton have now moved to the relegation zone after a deduction.
Everton faces a huge setback as they have been hit with a 10-point deduction after being found to have breached Premier League financial fair play rules.
The Toffees have now moved to the relegation zone. They were 14th in the table. They are now five points from safety and only off the bottom of the table due to their superior goal difference over Burnley.
Everton had earned 14 points from their opening 12 games this season, winning four, drawing two and losing six. Everton have already lodged their intent to appeal the decision, which they claim is “wholly disproportionate” and “unjust”.
Premier League announced the decision which reads, “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 Premier League issued a complaint against the club and referred the case to an independent Commission earlier this year. 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.
“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. The Commission concluded that a sporting sanction in the form of a 10-point deduction should be imposed. That sanction has immediate effect.”
Everton answered on it by releasing a statement, “Everton Football Club is both shocked and disappointed by the ruling of the Premier League’s Commission,” read a statement from the Merseyside outfit.
“The club believes that the Commission has imposed a wholly disproportionate and unjust sporting sanction. The club has already communicated its intention to appeal the decision to the Premier League. 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.
“Everton maintains that it has been open and transparent in the information it has provided to the Premier League and that it has always respected the integrity of the process. The club does not recognise the finding that it failed to act with the utmost good faith and it does not understand this to have been an allegation made by the Premier League during the course of proceedings. Both the harshness and severity of the sanction imposed by the Commission are neither a fair nor a reasonable reflection of the evidence submitted.
“The club will also monitor with great interest the decisions made in any other cases concerning the Premier League’s Profit and Sustainability Rules. Everton cannot comment on this matter any further until the appeal process has concluded.”
Sean Dyche’s men will play their next game on Sunday, November 26 when they welcome Manchester United to Goodison Park.
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