Everton were rocked with a 10-point deduction on Friday and the precedent set will now have both Man City and Chelsea worried about their Premier League futures.
The Merseyside club were handed the heaviest punishment ever given to a Premier League club for breaching financial fair play rules and the deduction leaves the Toffees 19th in the league standings with just four points.
Everton will appeal the decision but the verdict will leave Manchester City and Chelsea worried about their ongoing financial investigations.
The Premier League champions face 115 alleged breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules and Chelsea could face scrutiny over alleged payments connected to former owner Roman Abramovich.
In the aftermath of the decision regarding Everton, Stefan Borson, a lawyer who has advised City tweeted: “Without seeing the judgement/award -10 points for Everton feels harsh for a straightforward FFP [Financial Fair Play] breach to me.
“But reinforces that sanctions against City [if proven] and now Chelsea [if charged and admitted on the off-books payments] will be potentially relegation inducing.”
Everton’s punishment seems very harsh and it looks like the Premier League wanted to set a precedent using the Toffees as an example. This will worry both Man City and Chelsea as their crimes are much worse and as Borson says, it could lead to the two English giants being relegated.
The punishment must be included Man.City &Chelsea
So City should be they have paid off more officials, FA & UEFA than any other club. Guirdiola is part of the Barcelona set up that paid for consultancy services to refs and it would be no surprise if City were doing the same.
Where’s your proof that City have paid off officials? I’m a Liverpool fan
Too harsh,temper justice with mercy
I don’t understand why that investigation has to take so long, it is obvious that they’ve broken the FFP rules!
Nobody dare to touch City, MU and Chelsea. They are the golden children. They will go scot free. No worries
If after Everton getting this 10 point deduction Man City & Chelsea must be fully investigated and treated with the right punishment if found guilty. If they aren’t found guilty then the FA will need to be investigated for corruption.