2023-11-17 13:26:00
Everton have been stripped of 10 points in the English championship standings for breaching financial rules, the Premier League announced on Friday. In March, the English league referred the Toffes to an independent commission for alleged violation of its profitability and viability rules. The club, currently 14th in the standings before this decision, announced its intention to appeal the sanction.
Middlesbrough and Portsmouth already sanctioned in the past
According to the Premier League, Everton lost around €142 million over a three-year period ending at the end of the 2021/2022 season, while the rule allows English clubs to lose up to around €120 million. euros. This sporting sanction, taken “with immediate effect” and the strongest ever pronounced in the history of the competition, relegates Everton to 19th and penultimate place in the standings (4 points). The club reacted on its website on Friday, saying it was “both shocked and disappointed” by the decision.
He denounces “a totally disproportionate and unfair sanction”. Everton also recalls that it has always “been open and transparent in the information provided to the Premier League” and that it has “always respected the integrity of the procedure”. “The severity of the sanction does not fairly and reasonably reflect the evidence presented,” he added.
Before Everton, only two clubs had been handed penalty points in the Premier League. Middlesbrough were deducted three points for not playing a match once morest Blackburn during the 1996/1997 season, while Portsmouth were deducted nine points in 2010 following being placed in receivership. Both clubs were relegated at the end of their respective seasons.
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