Everton’s points deduction may well be slashed on appeal, believes Simon Jordan
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Simon Jordan has described Everton’s 10-point deduction as ‘bloody heavy’ and thinks it may well be reduced to ‘3-6 points’ on appeal.
The Toffees have been found to be in breach of the Premier League’s profitability and sustainability rules, which allow clubs to lose a maximum of £105m over a three-year period or face sanctions.
The 10-point deduction is the biggest sporting sanction ever handed out by the Premier League and Everton intend to appeal, saying they are ‘both shocked and disappointed’ by the finding.
Former Crystal Palace owner Jordan believes the appeal will have at least some success, telling talkSPORT: ‘I thought they’d get 3-6 [points] and that may well be the outcome post-appeal.’
Jordan thought it would be less severe punishment as Manchester City are facing 115 charges of breaking financial fair play rules, so if this is how the Premier League is punishing Everton, the champions could be in for an enormous punishment.
’10 points is a significant penalty and I’m not surprised they’re appealing it and they’ll probably argue it down. They’re gonna get a points penalty, it’s not an argument on whether it will get removed away.
‘I thought there might be an element of the Premier League bottling it because the next cab off the rank will be Manchester City and once you’ve set a precedent of points then you...
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