Steve Rotherham gives a bold statement in response to the Premier League accusing Everton of violating PSR.
The Premier League has docked Everton and Nottingham Forest.
The Premier League has come under fire from Steve Rotherham, the Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, following Everton’s alleged violations of profit and sustainability regulations.
Because they violated expenditure rules during the 2021–2022 season, the Toffees have already received a 10-point deduction this season. The decision is still being appealed.
Because the existing and new charges overlap, Premier League teams are allowed to lose a total of £105 million over a three-year period. This raises the possibility of double jeopardy.
Mr. Rotherham feels that the “punishment does not fit the crime” and has been a steadfast backer of Everton in their fight against the Premier League. “The Premier League’s announcement today means that Everton Football Club potentially faces being penalized twice within the same season for alleged breaches covering the same period,” he said on X, the previous Twitter platform.
To put it briefly, the club is in double jeopardy. Since I have serious reservations about the process’s openness and the severity of the penalty being enforced, I have so far supported Everton in their appeal. The offense is not appropriately punished.
Making sure that our game is open and equitable in how it treats all clubs is more important than focusing on just one. It is hard to understand how anyone could ever have any faith in a procedure this opaque.
In contrast to the English Football League and other international sports leagues, the Premier League has not released a sanctions system. The fairness and transparency of the entire process will be questioned until it is fixed.
Before Sunday’s 0-0 draw against Aston Villa, Mr. Rotherham and Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester and an Everton supporter, spoke with the supporters. It was disclosed that Dame Sue Owen, Sir Brendan Barber, and former governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney have all written to the Premier League to voice their concerns about the way the league is treating the Blues.
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