City bidding £120mil for a player Newcastle had to sell to comply with FFP while still having not had a single punishment for 115 charges. On the day Everton are punished yet again for one overpayment that only occurred because of the War in Ukraine. Football has become a farce
So Chelsea secretly pay out £47.5m in brown envelopes to players & agents for 7 years helping them sign players like Hazard and gain sporting advantage while winning multiple trophies..
PUNISHMENT: £10m fine
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Everton meanwhile, slightly breach PSR, overspending by £19.5m over the allowable £105m limit in one period, largely linked to stadium investment & COVID impacts.
PUNISHMENT: 10 point deduction followed by a another 2 point deduction both which directly affected their league position and prize money whilst risking being relegated from the Premier League.. AND now have to pay Burnley £40m for alleged lost earnings due to Everton’s “unfair advantage!?”
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One club hid tens of millions in shady payments for years and got a slap on the wrist. The other got hammered with points lost, risked being relegated, costing millions in prize money for league placement and now have to pay compensation to clubs as well!?
The disparity in severity, sporting impact and deterrence makes the rules look ridiculous and unfair.
“Big” clubs get no consequences for their actions, while Everton are the league’s whipping boy suffering multiple existential hits.
Why are Everton treated so differently to every other club in the league!?
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Jordan Pickford wins the award again, this time for his stunning injury-time stop against Newcastle. Congrats, @JPickford1! 👏
Wishing Jimmy Comer a very happy retirement. 💙
A lifelong Evertonian, Club masseur and an important part of our backroom team for 29 years. Thank you for your service, Jimmy! 👏
Mykolenko has three assists in 142 Premier League appearances for Everton.
The only full-backs to have played 100+ games in the same time period and register fewer assists are Veltman (2 from 123) and Walker-Peters (2 from 103) #EFC
Starting left back, right back, centre midfielder & striker are absolute minimums for Everton this summer. That’s before you then get into plugging gaps & bettering other key positions from back to front in the squad with pace, agility & goal threat. Non-negotiable business #EFC
On Sunday during our last home game of the season we are asking everyone attending the game to stand up on the 60th minute and sing Seamus Coleman’s song.
A boss captain, a boss Evertonian and a boss person 💙👏🏼
Enjoy your retirement Seamus 👍🏼
For every lung-bursting run, every tackle, every word of leadership, and the unmatched loyalty you have shown this club for over a decade and a half, you gave us your prime, you protected us in our darkest hours, and you showed us what true leadership looks like. You will forever be sixty grand well spent. Thank you, Captain 🔵