Nottingham Forest have appealed against their four points deduction for breaching the Premier League’s profit and sustainability rules, which could add another twist to the relegation battle.
Forest were docked four points after admitting to overspending by £34.5million across a three-year period and their punishment dropped Nuno Espirito Santo’s side into the relegation zone.
The Premier League club currently sit 18th in the table, one point away from Luton Town and safety. However, Nottingham Forest’s legal team believe the punishment they received was excessive and as a result will contest the decision.
Everton were also deducted 10 points this season for breaching FFP rules but upon appealing, the Merseyside club had their punishment reduced to six.
Forest will be hoping for the same outcome and should they get points back, that will not be good news for their relegation rivals.
Yes, Everton’s punishment was excessive and their deduction was reduces to 6 points but forrest were only deducted 4 points so how is that excessive?
Everton’s punishment wasn’t excessive at all. In fact it is very light. Some Everton fans do not even think that the overspending was cheating. They do not grasp that the extra spend helped keep them up. A fair punishment would have seen them relegated to match what occurred to the teams they cheated out of the league. To add insult the Premier League waited to see how this season went and only decided to punish Everton when it was fairly clear they would not be relegated. And now owing to the fact that they could actually go down they reduced it and then only gave 4 points for the second offence. Its all in Everton’s favour and an attempt to keep them up by the Prem whilst still having shown that they will act against cheating.
Yes, Everton’s punishment was excessive and their deduction was reduced to 6 points but forrest were only deducted 4 points so how is that excessive?