The drama between Everton and the Premier League continues to drag on
Matt Stanbury has shared how Everton could look to challenge the second charge handed out to them for breaching the Premier League’s spending rules.
The lawyer tweeted on Monday (19 March) that he would be arguing that the “objectively harsh” punishment the Blues were given for the first charge reinforces why they shouldn’t receive a further penalty for the second charge.
But he added that the Premier League should be looking to appeal against the four-point deduction handed out to Nottingham Forest as it appears to be “unduly lenient” both generally and based on the league’s own case.
“Logically the PL should appeal, as the sanction [given to Nottingham Forest] appears to be unduly lenient both generally and based on the Premier League’s own case,” said Stanbury.
“As to Everton, I’d be arguing that the objectively harsh punishment for charge one reinforces why it should be nothing more for charge two. Best they can do.”
Everton can’t afford further points deduction
This situation regarding points deductions has become very tedious for everyone and has largely put a dampener on the season.
It would be incredibly harsh for Everton to receive two points deductions in the same season purely because the Premier League clubs wanted to speed up the process.
The Toffees’ hearing for the second charge is expected to take place next week, but it’s anyone’s guess as to how that will pan out.
They will be hoping the panel decides that they have already been harshly dealt with this season as a further points deduction would hand them a massive blow in their fight against relegation.
While it would have been less of a problem a couple of months ago, the Blues had been in extremely poor form in this calendar year and another deduction would land them in deep trouble.
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