Chelsea relegation, Man City points deduction, Arsenal wait – FFP punishments decided

Premier League news as football.london panel discusses financial punishments and future landscape after Everton docked 10 points

The Premier League have opened up a can of worms after making Everton the first English club ever to be docked points for breaches of financial rules. The Toffees were handed their punishment with immediate effect last week as Sean Dyche saw his side go from untroubled mid-table mediocrity into the bottom three.

Everton are now just goal difference away from propping up the table despite having more points in the past two weeks than Burnley have in the opening 12 games of the season. After overstepping the £105million loss threshold over a rolling three year period the Merseyside club are now fighting a battle on multiple fronts.

Other than cause sheer outrage from fans in the blue corner it has also created a murky and uncertain footballing landscape for other teams to operate in. Manchester City are the only other current top flight side with charges against them but that comes with the caveat of being 115 alleged breaches over a 10 year period.

In the background to all of this are Chelsea. The Blues currently have no charges against them but face questions over; A) their current compliance within profit and sustainability rules in England and UEFA’s own, less stringent, financial laws, B) allegations over undisclosed payments made during transfer dealings throughout Roman Abramovich’s reign as owner and C) further non-reporting and missing details from the Russian oligarch’s trophy laden tenure.