Everton's 10-point deduction reduced following appeal

Everton’s 10-point deduction reduced following appeal

Everton’s 10-point deduction has been reduced to six following an appeal, the Premier League has announced.

It comes after the club breached the league’s profitability and sustainability rules (PSR).

An independent commission found they had exceeded permitted losses under the league’s PSR by £19.5m over an assessment period ending with the 2021-22 season.

Everton appealed the sanction on nine grounds, each of which related to the sanction rather than the fact of the breach, which the club admitted.

Two of those nine grounds were upheld, which has changed the original points deduction of 10 to six.

It moves the club on to 25 points in the table and up to 15th place.

The club face a second PSR complaint for breaching rules over the assessment period running to the end of last season.

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The complaint was laid on 15 January and is expected to conclude by 8 April.

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Everton’s 10-point deduction reduced following appeal