Premier League drop remaining PSR charge against Everton

So much for the Premier League being out to get us.

What power do TFG bring to this?

Just a pity Leicester got away with it. A points deduction for them would have been a big help.

At long last we can perhaps now start the long process of rebuilding the playing squad.

We will soon see if Moyes is better than Dyche though; when Dyche came in 2 years ago, I thought Everton were doomed, whereas the club has a fighting chance now…

A couple of players are imperative, just like I thought they were when Dyche arrived. Will we ever get out of the nightmare?

Or have the Premier League been kind to us? Which would run totally counter to so much of the previous narrative that the Premier League have got it in for Everton.

His links to Russia must have been uncomfortable in certain corridors of power…

Still sticks in my craw that Everton are always first to get a negative decision against them. Yet again, another nailed-on penalty denied vs Villa. Ref an absolute disgrace. Where do they get them from?

As Dyche used to say "You can smell it". I wouldn't trust any of them to sit the right way on a toilet.

Their owners can afford to pay the price, even though the Premier League told us we couldn't be fined, because we had a rich owner and that might encourage other clubs with rich owners to break the rules.

Chelsea in talks to settle secret payments case without points deduction

We're no longer owned by Usmanov's money launderer, the Premier League's last link to Oligarchs.

Great news.

The Premier League has formally discontinued the second part of the PSR complaint for the period ending FY23 and has deemed the Club PSR compliant for FY24.

No way should Everton allow this to cloud the Man City breaches.

Will we see Man City punished? Points deductions or relegation? I think the blanket PSR compliance, this and probably Leicester will pave the way for a smack on the wrist and a hefty fine... after all, it's only 115 charges!

Did we go over our spending limit? Yes, but there were valid reasons for it and, if it we were any other club, we were fine.

As for the punishment, it was astonishing that a made-up on-the-spot points deduction was allowed to be given.

But rest assured the Premier League are determined to get points off Everton via the match officials. If Onana was still in blue, he was off the other night. And we now need more than two fouls on our players in the penalty area to be given a penalty.

Until the club goes for the Premier League, it will continue, game after game.

Headline will likely say ''Everton get away with it''.

I'd be demanding a public apology for that thing alone.

I bet Stefan Borson is fuming.

Are you saying that the PremierLeague haven't had it in for us?

No. I'm saying perhaps we were clean on this charge.

Masters and Co had no intention of punishing anyone else.

All we have to deal with now is the imminent threat described for us all by Sean Kearns of this parish; that North Wharf Road has decided to "sacrifice" us by giving us as a gift to the Championship in compensation for their inequitable redistribution of profits.

There is a narrative that many on here will not like one bit: that we were - in proper tragic mode - the main authors of our own misfortune, recognised this and adopted a reconciliatory posture, were made to suffer by North Wharf Road who have now dropped the second charge in the best interests of everyone concerned.

No conspiracy. No plotting. Just a badly run club being taken to task and finally getting a break.

Thank goodness that we will now we hope be able to take full advantage of the potential of new ownership.

5 gold rings
4 good officials
3 points for winning
2 pacey wing backs
And a striker in good form

I know it's new year, but we all had Xmas wishes...

It's not always the case that only one party has all the merit on its side. Sometimes both sides can cock up – the Premier League did and we did.

Lyndon, thanks for posting this clear dropping of the charges, as there were many differing opinions. e.g. Joe Thomas, Paul Joyce, Stefan Borson, and Kieran Maguire et al...

I was wondering if you have seen or had any information regarding the ongoing Premier League Board vs LCFC arbitration at all?

I think that the PLB will be desperate to 'catch out' the Foxes for them running loop-holes regards PSR previously regards Jurisdiction. I also think that LCFC has some pretty savvy Legal representation, so let battle commence!

I see there is still nothing close to being announced re City.

Also, I'd love to see the logic (sorry, legal reasoning) behind CFC and MUFC decisions not to penalise them?

Is it the associated clubs ownership groups, or is it their 'Global' appeal; and by punishing those teams, it could be construed by the PLB as shooting at the Golden Goose that the PL is? Or am I being cynical (or maybe naïve?)

Maybe one season we will get more than two penalties? (if that?)

I just hope it is not a pre-emptive part on the Premier League to clear Man City and others still being looked at for dodgy dealings.

Not great at these social skills. UTFT. Davey got a touch of the Collina eyes or no...

Everton just the fall guys from last season.

The Premier League were a mess with these processes. Ill thought out and sanctions worked out on the fly.

But our leadership were responsible for the poor financial management of the club and the risks they took that threatened not only PSR sanctions, but the ability for the club to continue to operate. PSR might have actually saved us.

Chelsea have shown how easy it is to avoid charges using transactions and creative accounting. Yet we were selling sob stories about Gylfi's mental health, COVID, and how unlucky we were to be entirely funded by an Oligarch.

Thankfully it's all behind us now. New owner, new stadium... there's a chance to actually run this club properly.

If money is coming into the Premier League, the Premier League can sort out any problems. It has always been like that.

In light of the fact that Man City and others still haven't been penalised by the Premier League for alleged breaches far in excess of that, it would have made it even more of a farce than it already is if they continued to pursue Everton for another paltry $6.5M.

Just shows what a corrupt or incompetent shower they are.

Now let's get a striker and a decent playmaker…

No-one knows our PRS situation other than hopefully our Chairman and Finance Director (if we have one) but my hunch is that:

1) Dyche's removal and pay-off leaves us with too little January headroom to take a risk on anything other than loans or frees, and even then, with an eye to total wage bill; and

2) The position changes in summer where a reasonable forecast can be made as to the incremental revenue accruing from the stadium, especially if a name sponsor is lined up for it and the loss of many fairly expensive out-of-contract players will give us a fair amount of leeway to do a fairly substantial squad refresh.

In fact, I think that will be a necessity, with the idea that we bring in players much more useful to us on the wages the outgoing were paid. Or more of them on the same total wages.

So it is over to Thelwell (or whoever replaces him) but this time, with at least more than a shilling in his pocket…

Adults gone up from £20 to £35
Senior up from £10 to £25

Disgusting how they can justify almost doubling prices for adults and over double for seniors for a 4th round tie.

Borson insisted no one appears to have information on whether the capitalisation case is still ongoing.

“On the face of it, Everton not breaching for 2023-24 gives a strong indication.

“The Premier League position as it seems to be from the 2022-23 situation is that Everton have incorrectly deducted for the sake of discussion £25M of stadium interest.

“The Premier League's position on 2022-23 is that they should fail 2022-23 PSR by another £25M. The numbers are not exactly right, but that's just for the sake of discussion.

“It seems that remains outstanding and nobody in the game can confirm one way or the other, neither Everton nor the Premier League or any journalist you speak to.

“Nobody has got any information about what's happened to this case, but it doesn't seem to have just been swept away. It does seem to still be live and active.

“If it is live and active and the Premier League's position still remains that they were £25M short for 2022-23, you would have thought logically that the Premier League's position would be to include the £25M in the assessment for 2023-24.

“You would have thought that would have tripped Everton into another breach, pending the resolution of this interest case, meaning if they win the interest case, they would win 2022-23 and get back to the position they thought they were in for 2023-24 that they didn't breach.

“It doesn't seem like that is what has happened and we don't know why.”

I refer me learn'd shit-stirrer to the statement made some moments ago:

“The Premier League Board has concluded that it would not be appropriate or proportionate to continue to pursue the second part of their complaint.”

There's even a legal document, the Commission's Consent Award, recording the terms on which the second part of the case has been discontinued.

Somebody shut him up.

The temerity to build a new stadium is primarily what I think we've been punished for and that should have brought far more understanding and cooperation from the Premier League. I still look at a transfer net spend of c.£150M over nearly 10 years as another strong indicator which should have been considered in the round.

Pleased we can move on as this has been a shameful period highlighting how inept and likely corrupt most regulators like the Premier League are (and also in a wider context).

Unfortunately it's all about the money.

Let's just go back to the pitch and move up the table. If we can finish up to 7th to begin next season in Europe on our new stadium.

Everything is possible in football!

Hopefully next month the book, will be thrown at City, and they get the punishment for 16 years of fudging their books.

Now for Everton to build up a strong base for improving the 1st team squad.

UTFTs!

Business as usual.

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"Clubs will be expected to carry out sufficient due diligence to assure the Commission that consumers cannot transact with the sites from Great Britain by any means," it said".

Although why should the Club be responsible for disabling access to the internet???