Jamie Carragher hits nail on the head with response to Everton points deduction
Jamie Carragher has said Everton’s 10-point deduction “doesn’t feel right” after the big six were only fined for the failed European Super League breakaway.
The Toffees have dropped into the relegation zone after an independent panel confirmed the record-breaking sanction for breaching profitability and sustainability rules. Top flight clubs are allowed to lose £105million over a three-year period, with the Merseyside outfit over that threshold.
And Liverpool legend Carragher has suggested that the punishment is over the top, particularly when comparing to the lenient punishment the big six received after they attempted to join the ESL. In 2021, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham, were fined just a combined £22m with points deductions only suspended if they attempt to make another attempt in the future.
Carragher said: “The 10 point deduction for Everton is excessive & not right, considering they have been working with the PL about this for the last couple of years. Would it have been better to be evasive & try & drag it out like other clubs?
“No doubt relegated clubs will have put big pressure on the PL to deal with Everton, but when you consider 6 clubs tried to leave the PL & there was no sanction at all it doesn’t feel right.
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“Until other clubs are sanctioned Everton will feel they are being used to show there is no need for an independent regulator, and they are right.”
Everton have already confirmed they will be appealing the decision and punishment, which they describe as “disproportionate and unjust”. Their statement reads: "Everton Football Club is both shocked and disappointed by the ruling of the Premier League ’s Commission.
"The Club believes that the Commission has imposed a wholly disproportionate and unjust sporting sanction. The Club has already communicated its intention to appeal the decision to the Premier League. The appeal process will now commence and the Club’s case will be heard by an Appeal Board appointed pursuant to the Premier League’s rules in due course.
"Everton maintains that it has been open and transparent in the information it has provided to the Premier League and that it has always respected the integrity of the process. The Club does not recognise the finding that it failed to act with the utmost good faith and it does not understand this to have been an allegation made by the Premier League during the course of proceedings.
"Both the harshness and severity of the sanction imposed by the Commission are neither a fair nor a reasonable reflection of the evidence submitted.
"The Club will also monitor with great interest the decisions made in any other cases concerning the Premier League's Profit and Sustainability Rules. Everton cannot comment on this matter any further until the appeal process has concluded."
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