According to finance expert Stefan Borson, Everton may lose three points for their second Premier League accusation of financial violations.
The league filed charges against Nottingham Forest and the Toffees last month for similar infractions [BBC Sport, January 15].
This season, the Goodison Park club has been charged twice; the first time, they were given 10 points, but that was later lowered to six.
According to talkSPORT, Borson stated, “We don’t know what the number is for Everton, but we know that the loss for 22/23 was very big and therefore they will still suffer a serious punishment.”
“I think you can work with the assumption that there will be an additional six as the starting point. Then, you’ll deduct points for the two years that they have already had a penalty, which brings you back to two, maybe three, or possibly one (deducted).”
“I still think they’ll get an additional points deduction, it’s just that it’ll be assessed in the overall context, it’s just that most of their arguments are unlikely to succeed because they’ve already been run and so I think it’s a relatively straight-forward decision for the independent commission on Everton.”
The recent outcome has shot the Toffees two places up the standings, from 17th place to 15th place, but they could drop once more if another deduction goes their way. The only saving grace there, perhaps, is that Nottingham Forest would also more than likely be deducted points, with the City Ground club one of Everton’s main relegation rivals. Even with the latest appeal outcome, the Goodison Park side are in real danger of dropping down to the Championship.
But their 25 points place them away from the bottom three for now, with Brentford also on 25 points in 16th place and Forest one point behind in 17th.
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