Everton have been ordered to pay Burnley more than £35 million ($47 million)in compensation after they were sued over Premier League profitability and sustainability breaches from the 2021/22 season when the Clarets were relegated.
The Toffees were deducted 10 points in late 2023 for financial misdemeanours, a punishment reduced to six points on appeal a few months later, under former owner Farhad Moshiri.
Everton finished four points above 18th-placed Burnley in 2021/22.
Burnley, however, successfully argued that had the six-point penalty for PSR breaches been applied that season they would have survived at Everton’s expense.
BurnleyBut furious Toffees chiefs launched an appeal following Wednesday’s announcement of what they believe is a “flawed” judgement, with Everton now on a more secure financial following the December 2024 takeover of the Merseyside club by the US-based Friedkin Group.
“Everton Football Club is surprised and angered by the decision of a Premier League
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