Former Everton chief Keith Wyness has suggested Everton could receive a two-point deduction when their second financial hearing takes place next week.
Speaking on the new edition of Football Insider’s Inside Track podcast, the 66-year-old – who served as CEO at Goodison Park between 2004 and 2009 and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs – insisted he hopes for a “suspended sentence” but acknowledges it will be unlikely with the Premier League pushing for punishment.
Everton face a second disciplinary hearing next week for breaching Profitability and Sustainability Rules (PSR) for the 2022-23 campaign.
The Premier League have committed to announcing a verdict by 8 April to allow ample time for a potential appeal.
Everton have already been deducted six points (reduced from 10 after an appeal) for a separate breach of PSR and sit four points above the relegation zone.
Premier League ‘insistent’ on giving Everton another points deduction, says Wyness:
Wyness claimed the “double jeopardy” involved after the first case means any further deduction should be minimal.
He told Football Insider‘s Insider Track podcast: “From everything I’ve been reading so far, I think we might be looking at something like two points – for a deduction of eight in total.
“Hopefully I’m wrong, and there’s a suspended sentence of some type.
“But these commissions and the Premier League seem very insistent on giving out points deductions for a breach of these particular rules.
“However, the double jeopardy involved is a really serious mitigating factor and they can’t overlook that – hence why I think it’ll be two points.”