English Premier League: Gullit ‘gets’ Everton fans’ fury over points deduction, intrigued to learn Man City, Chelsea fate
- Merseyside club has been hit with a 10-point penalty after failing to comply with the competition’s profit and sustainability rules
- Manchester City have been charged with 115 breaches of rules, and former Netherlands star Ruud Gullit interested to see what happens next
Ruud Gullit said he would be intrigued to see what fate awaited other Premier League clubs, after Everton were slapped with a 10-point penalty for breaching the competition’s profit and sustainability rules.
News of the punishment was greeted with fury at Goodison Park, with the club criticising the “harshness and severity of the sanction”. Everton said it would “monitor with great interest the decisions made in any other cases concerning the Premier League’s profit and sustainability rules”.
Manchester City, champions in five of the past six seasons, were charged with 115 breaches of Premier League regulations in February. Their case has been referred to the same independent commission that ruled so stringently against Everton.
Chelsea, a team Gullit played for and later managed, could also find themselves in the dock, after leaked documents reportedly indicated multiple payments not permitted under Financial Fair Play [FFP] regulations were made under the former ownership of Roman Abramovich.
Everton were hit with a single charge, after recording losses of £124.5m (HK$1,209,984) in the three years to 2021-22. Clubs are allowed to lose only £105m in a three-year period. Manager Sean Dyche’s team have dropped to 19th as a result of the deduction, two points from safety and above bottom-placed Burnley only on goal difference.
