Keith Wyness explains Everton have new ‘ray of hope’ for second points deduction.

Former Everton chief Keith Wyness expects the Toffees to receive a suspended points deduction when their second PSR charge is finished.

Speaking on the current 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 operates a football consultancy advising elite clubs – suggested that Everton may avoid a second deduction this season.

The Toffees were successful in their appeal this month with their initial 10-point deduction lowered to six.

However, the Merseyside club will now prepare for their second hearing after they were charged again for a breach in their 2022-23 accounts.

As revealed by Football Insider, Everton expect to be awarded a six-point deduction in their second hearing, raising the total punishment to 12 points this season.

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However, Wyness said that the second charge would be heard by a totally different independent panel and hence there is “hope” that they could defer the punishment until next season.

“It will be a completely new panel,” Wyness told Football Insider.

“The interesting thing is that they may take into account things like double jeopardy, things like the mitigating circumstances, and come to a different conclusion than the first panel.

“So that’s one ray of hope for Everton.

“That’s where I believe it may end up.

“I’m expecting a points deduction again, but suspended.

“And Everton could potentially argue, of course, that double jeopardy punished them twice.“

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