The “ham-fisted” alteration in Premier League financial rules that may impact Nottingham Forest and Everton has been criticised by Keith Wyness.
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.
Regarding the Nottingham Forest rule change, Wyness comments, “It doesn’t seem fair.”
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 said that if the rules are “ripped up,” other clubs might not be punished.
It’s really annoying, he said on Football Insider’s Insider Track podcast.
“Those rules will be ripped up if any other clubs are about to cross that threshold 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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