Football finance expert Stefan Borson believes it is 'quite hard to believe' that Leeds United are seemingly not chasing compensation from rivals Everton over causation of losses for the club's Premier League financial breaches.
Leeds were one of five clubs alongside Burnley, Leicester City, Nottingham Forest and Southampton to take up the option of applying for potential compensation. This would be put down to perceived loss of revenue from relegation amid their historical FFP breaches.
As of a first major update on this front yesterday only the Clarets - who were relegated four points behind Everton in 2021/22 - have pushed ahead with such a motion. Though as Borson told talkSPORT this Tuesday lunchtime: "I think we need to say that's so far that we know of.
"It is possible that either the other clubs don't think that they've got a good case on causation, i.e. Everton's breaches caused them a loss, so that's possible. They may just effectively feel that they've got no case."
Taking a view of Elland Road specifically, the former Manchester City advisor said "That seems quite hard to believe in the respects of somebody like Leeds, because you would think Leeds would be able to show that in the 2021/22 season had Everton not overspent - and that is admitted overspending, they don't need to prove they have overspent, that has been dealt with, Everton have admitted it.
"Leeds might say: 'Well, we might have finished one place higher'. We know even one place higher is worth £2m in 21/22, so arguably they've got a case for a small amount of compensation from Everton.
"So, it is slightly surprising we haven't heard from Leeds."
Borson then added: "It was established in the independent commission and also at the appeal that part of the overspending was on players.
"It was proven largely because of Mr Moshiri's own evidence. He himself effectively said their midfield was useless and therefore said he was spending aggressively to fix that problem.
"We can argue all day long the actual players they purchased did not do the job but that will not be relevant in all likelihood to the deliberation of this panel."
Speculating another reason why Leeds are yet to show their hand, he suggested: "It is possible that behind the scenes Leeds and Everton have come to an arrangement regarding settling any dispute regarding that. That may also apply to the other teams involved."