Keith Wyness has slammed the “ham-fisted” change in Premier League financial rules which will affect Everton and Nottingham Forest.
The 66-year-old, who ran a football consultancy advising elite clubs after serving as CEO at Goodison Park from 2004 to 2009, stated other clubs “won’t be punished for something Everton and Nottingham Forest have been nailed for” in an interview with Football Insider’s Inside Track podcast.
On Monday, March 11, Premier League teams held a vote to enact new financial laws that will limit wages and transfer fees to a portion of a club’s total revenue, which is expected to be approximately 85%.
The Profitability and Sustainability Rules (PSR), which allowed teams to lose only £105 million over a three-year period, will be replaced by the new rule.
‘It doesn’t seem fair’, says Wyness on Nottingham Forest rule change
Everton was punished for a second infraction of PSR regulations earlier this year, and the Merseysiders have already received a six-point deduction for the first one. Nottingham Forest was also charged.
Wyness suggested other clubs may escape punishment with the rules set to be “ripped up”.
He told Football Insider‘s Insider Track podcast: “It’s very frustrating.
“Those rules are going to be thrown up if any other clubs are about to cross that level in their three-year cycle.
“The standards by which Nottingham Forest and Everton have been evaluated no longer hold true for other teams.
It simply seems like a rather clumsy approach to take on this. It seems inequitable.
“These ceilings have been raised, and other teams won’t suffer the consequences for something that Everton and Forest have suffered greatly.”
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