What a shocking twist, I thought Everton would just hand over the £200M they don’t have without a fight.
Administration would cost another 9 points. They really be fucked. Interesting times ahead.
If I’m literally any other Premier League club I’m just walking into this meeting and pointing at Manchester City any Chelsea anytime somebody tries to talk.
It was £300m yesterday.
Well £300m is technically over £200m
Well you’ll have to sue the Premier league, because all signs point to their incompetence as they signed off an all financials after working hand in hand with Everton for 2 years
The independent committee admitted in their findings that Everton did not receive a sporting advantage nor was it done deliberately
Sadly it doesn’t work like that for some reason. Our legal battles nearly killed us off as a club because the FA / EFL are incompetent and clubs tried to sue us during our administration, meaning we couldn’t find a new owner until we were days away from liquidation.
What I don’t understand is why Everton?
The points deduction for breaking the rules… fine, arguably excessive, but fine.
But then subsequent legal issues for what basically amounts to loss in earnings? Surely if Burnley and Leicester do have a case (which you can understand) it’s the PL that’s to blame?
Everton have now been punished. The PL’s decision to delay any punishment in the 2021/22 season because of an investigation into new breaches may have meant that Burnley went down wrongly. Their slow investigation last season may have meant that Leicester went down wrongly. Both clubs can feel aggrieved…but surely if there’s financial compensation to be had, its the PL that should foot the bill for their calamitous handling of the situation that affected one of those clubs.
Your neighbor comes into your house and steals your dinner on every Sunday.
You also hungry multiple times a year because local cops are too lazy to investigate. They even appoint security at your door but he falls asleep.
After a year the neighbor is finally convicted of crime. You expect the cops to pay back to you or the neighbor who kept stealing?