It relates to regulations broken during the 2021/22 season
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That is unless the Toffees are successful with their appeal, after a Premier League commission found them guilty of breaking profit and sustainability rules over three years. They have been hit with the largest financial penalty ever imposed on a top flight club.
It goes back to the 2021/22 campaign, with the Clarets successfully arguing that their chances of survival were impacted that year. It was found that ‘on the balance of probabilities’ the PSR breach caused Burnley to fall into the Championship.
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As a result, the Turf Moor outfit - who are back in the second tier next year - have been awarded a whopping £26m in damages and £9m in interest. Everton were deducted six points during the 2023/24 season, after successfully appealing the initial ten points.
Burnley’s argument was that had those points been knocked off in their relegation season, they would’ve possibly stayed up. Everton finished 16th on 39 points, while 18th placed Burnley went down with 35 points.
Everton’s statement
It read: ‘Everton Football Club is surprised and angered by the decision of a Premier League Independent Disciplinary Commission to order a compensation payment to Burnley Football Club in relation to Everton’s PSR breach in June 2022.
‘Everton has appealed the decision and is clear in its belief the ruling is fundamentally flawed in both law and fact. The Club does not recognise the findings of the panel in determining Burnley’s relegation from the Premier League in May 2022 was caused by a sporting advantage gained by Everton due to a breach of Profit & Sustainability Rules, for which a substantive sporting sanction has already been received.
‘This ruling sets a dangerous and unworkable precedent for English football, given it is constructed on a principle that a club can be in breach of financial rules at any point in a financial year. Everton believes the panel’s ruling misrepresents the clear evidence presented by its legal representatives and that an appeal will be successful.
‘The Club is confident of its ongoing PSR compliance and has also obtained confirmation from the Premier League of its clear position that this ruling should not be the cause of any future PSR sanction.
‘Evertonians can be assured that ownership are focused, with strengthened resolve, on delivering their vision of returning Everton to the top echelon of English football. No further comment will be made on this matter until the appeal process has been successfully concluded.’
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