Feels like all the premier league are waiting for a domino effect to happen, some big signings being made but a lull for a lot of clubs. Inflated prices across the market being a concern. Usually begin to drop as the window goes on. Should end the window before season starts IMO.
So Everton and Forest get points deduction for a few very minor infringements and Chelsea who cheated 74 times, yes 74 times only get a 10mill sanction. This is disgraceful by The FA. So much sporting advantage through increased revenues. Blatant cheating being allowed, corrupt
Everton fans demand “transparency and fairness after disproportionate sanctions”. @EFC_AdvisoryBoard issues strong statement “acting on behalf of all Evertonians” calling on “all football authorities to urgently review sanctioning criteria in light of the hugely disproportionate penalties imposed on Chelsea and Everton.
“These recent disciplinary outcomes raise serious concerns about consistency,
proportionality, and the integrity of the regulatory framework in place in English
football, as demonstrated by both the Premier League and the Football Association.
“Whilst all those fans we represent acknowledge that the cases involving Chelsea and Everton are not comparable in terms of the natures of the offences, this does not undermine the key issue of clear and obvious inconsistency in the outcome and the punishments imposed on both clubs.” (Chelsea, in mitigation, self-reported issues from a previous regime). #EFC graphic below from Everton FAB 👇
Everton have an overspend of 19m due to payments related to building a new stadium, investing in the area, giving locals jobs etc etc. NO SPORTING ADVANTAGE.
Chelsea give backhanders to agents to get their players to Chelsea over other clubs and with those players Chelsea win MULTIPLE trophies but we are told, by the same people who deducted points from Everton and ordered them to pay 40m to Burnley that Chelsea had NO SPORTING ADVANTAGE
Make it make sense
England have conceded 3 goals for the first time since June 2025 when Jordan Pickford wasn’t in goal.
The time before that was June 2022, when Pickford also wasn’t in goal.
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The vast difference in total cost of very different “rule breaking” for 2 Premier League clubs: 💰
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EVERTON narrowly overspending on PSR due to interest payments on a new stadium at the end of the 2021/22 season:
- Loss of league position prize money = £27m
- Compensation to Burnley = £40m
- Legal and administrative costs defending multiple cases, appeals and the Burnley tribunal = £17m
(Not to mention damage to brand, damage to squad mentality, damage to prospect of potential new signings & attracting potential managers & new ownership, damage to sponsors and massive reduction in broadcasting and commercial income)
TOTAL COST: £84m 💰
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Chelsea blatantly cheating for 7 straight years with 74 for charges for funnelling £47.5m in 36 secret, off the books payments (via shady third parties and offshore entities) to unregistered agents & player reps from 2011-2018 to grease deals for stars like Hazard, Willian, Eto’o, Ramires, David Luiz, Schürrle and Matic in order to win:
▪️ 2012 UEFA Champions League
▪️ 2012 FA Cup
▪️ 2013 UEFA Europe League
▪️ 2015 Premier League
▪️ 2015 League Cup
▪️ 2017 Premier League
▪️ 2018 FA Cup
TOTAL COST: £10.75m 💰
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CHELSEA escaped with a mere £10.75m fine for systematically concealing backhanded payments over seven years to rig transfers and gain real sporting advantage by winning 7 trophies during their 7 year period of dodgy deals.
This grotesque disparity, punishing the likes of Everton who could have - and arguably should have - been relegated with the harsh points deductions issued, while slapping the wrist of the profligate powerful, exposes football’s rotten core.. rules enforced not by justice, but by current club size, influence and the Premier League’s embarrassingly obvious selective blindness.
It’s even more laughable when you consider the three panel members who decided to issue this ground breaking never been done before compensation claim to Burnley from Everton.. were somehow the same three panel members who dished out the harshest points deduction in English top flight history to Everton for the very same reason!?
How on earth is that allowed?
English football, rotten to the core!
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!?
🗞️🇬🇼Everton continue to be interested in signing FC Midtjylland striker Franculino Djú having expressed an interest in the summer.
The 21-year-old has 20 G/A in 24 appearances so far this season for the Danish side.
(@UllalIBT via @Sport_Witness)
Really don’t understand how we can get 1 charge, and they take us to the cleaners, then the likes of city and Chelsea, clearly take the piss with major charges and it’s squashed with a financial sanction or an agreement is made with the premier league 🤣money talks mate