Everton have been deducted two points for another breach of the Premier League’s Profitability and Sustainability Rules (PSR).
Before the points deduction was announced, Everton sat 15th in the Premier League table, four points above the bottom three. They now drop below Brentford into 16th place on 27 points, two points and two places above 18th-placed Luton.
Everton were also deducted 10 points in November for exceeding permitted losses by £19.5m over a period ending with the 2021/22 season. However, this was reduced to six points following a successful appeal.
Everton were charged again in January, along with Nottingham Forest, for breaching PSR rules over a period ending with the 2022/23 season. Forest were handed a four-point deduction and have appealed against the decision.
Premier League clubs can lose a maximum of £105m over three seasons. If they lose more than that, they will breach PSR.
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PSR explained: What limits clubs spending more?
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Sky Sports’ Sam Blitz explains what the Premier League’s profitability and sustainability rules are and how they affect clubs’ ability to spend.
In the simplest terms, when every Premier League team tots up their annual accounts, they can have made a loss no greater than £105m across the previous three seasons.
Clubs can only lose £15m of their own money across those three years. So that’s no more than £15m extra on outgoings like transfer fees, player wages and, in a lot of clubs’ cases, paying off former managers compared to their income from TV payments, season tickets, selling players and so on.
The other £90m of any £105m must be guaranteed by their owners buying up shares, known as ‘secure funding’, and essentially means bankrolling the club.
Everton’s fixture run-in
Monday April 15: Chelsea (a) – kick-off 8pm, live on Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football
Sunday April 21: Nottingham Forest (h) – kick-off 1.30pm, live on Sky Sports
Wednesday April 24: Liverpool (h) – kick-off 8pm, live on Sky Sports
Saturday April 27: Brentford (h) – kick-off 5.30pm, live on Sky Sports
Friday May 3: Luton (a) – kick-off 8pm, live on Sky Sports
Saturday May 11: Sheffield United (h) – kick-off 3pm
Sunday May 19: Arsenal (a) – kick-off 4pm
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