Burnley have won £40M in a compensation claim for losses incurred through Everton's PSR breaches.
It's not enough to break the Premier League's Profitability and Sustainability Rules (PSR), be denied any of the most obvious mitigations, and be accused of gaining a 'Sporting Advantage' -- despite having the lowest net spend in the Premier League...
No, Everton must now pay £40M in compensation to Burnley, who have successfully claimed that their relegation in 2022-23 would not have happened if the points deduction Everton were punished with had been applied in that season.
The case went to trial last Autumn. Everton were initially deducted 10 points in late 2023 for breaches of PSR in the 2021-22 Premier League season. This was reduced to 6 points on appeal in early 2024.
Burnley were given leave to sue Everton for compensation after the punitive points deduction was applied because they were relegated to the Championship at the end of the 2021-22 season, part of the period that Everton were charged for breaching PSR.
Everton are understood to be appealing the judgment, which is expected to be published later this week by the Premier League.
Everton have released the following statement:
'Everton Football Club is surprised and angered by the decision of a Premier League Independent Disciplinary Commission to order a compensation payment to Burnley Football Club in relation to Everton’s PSR breach in June 2022.
'Everton has appealed the decision and is clear in its belief the ruling is fundamentally flawed in both law and fact.
'The Club does not recognise the findings of the panel in determining Burnley’s relegation from the Premier League in May 2022 was caused by a sporting advantage gained by Everton due to a breach of Profit & Sustainability Rules, for which a substantive sporting sanction has already been received.
'This ruling sets a dangerous and unworkable precedent for English football, given it is constructed on a principle that a club can be in breach of financial rules at any point in a financial year.
'Everton believes the panel’s ruling misrepresents the clear evidence presented by its legal representatives and that an appeal will be successful.
'The Club is confident of its ongoing PSR compliance and has also obtained confirmation from the Premier League of its clear position that this ruling should not be the cause of any future PSR sanction. Evertonians can be assured that ownership are focused, with strengthened resolve, on delivering their vision of returning Everton to the top echelon of English football.
'No further comment will be made on this matter until the appeal process has been successfully concluded.'
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2 Posted 10/06/2026 at 13:58:17
Everton to pay Burnley millions over PSR breaches/
Sounds like complete tosh. Hopefully the appeal will be successful.
3 Posted 10/06/2026 at 14:05:34
4 Posted 10/06/2026 at 14:09:59
Does anyone know if we have to take that off our revenue for the coming year? If so, that is much of our transfer budget up in smoke.
5 Posted 10/06/2026 at 14:12:04
6 Posted 10/06/2026 at 14:16:10
But why stop there? What about teams who didn't win the league (eg, if Man City are found in breach) or didn't get an European place?
Apparently Man City are watching it all very carefully. It's a joke how Everton are always hit. The ‘deducting points from Everton' became a meme about random unfairness, for goodness sake.
7 Posted 10/06/2026 at 14:44:54
8 Posted 10/06/2026 at 15:03:06
The above would quite clearly not stand up to too much scrutiny in a court of law... 😀 x
9 Posted 10/06/2026 at 15:13:14
But the twisted logic the Premier League has laid down is that, because Everton breached PSR, they therefore by definition gained an unfair sporting advantage. This enabled them, among other things, to do better in that season than Burnley, who suffered a substantial loss when they were relegated.
10 Posted 10/06/2026 at 15:13:55
I don't know if it is an allowable expense, I doubt it. Friedkins will be covered on this, and it will come out if Moshiri's pocket youd think.
Remind me how chelsea and city got away with it again
11 Posted 10/06/2026 at 15:17:34
12 Posted 10/06/2026 at 15:20:47
Surely it's a case against the PL ?
We can't control when or how we are punished.
This is absolutely ridiculous.
We are being punished for the PLs fuck up!
City will have to pay 100s of millions if this is up held, with teams claiming for lost revenue from losing out on PL titles, prize money, European qualification.
It's a slippery slope, and once the cats out the bag there's no going back.
This needs fucking right off, if anything the PL should be paying this for their incompetent regulations, and mishandling of the whole PSR regulations.
13 Posted 10/06/2026 at 15:33:39
The thing you seem to be missing is that the Premier League is a Club of clubs.
If you're a member of the Club, you agree to abide by the rules set out in the Club's handbook. That includes punishments that you have agreed to (by default) for financial breaches, and the ridiculous ruling that allows one member of the club to sue another for perceived loss.
It's crazy, but them's the rules.
And Everton's petulant response is pathetic because it shows their legal team totally fiucked up the defence of this case.
[Well, not 'totally' because Burnley were going for £50M and they were 'only' awarded £40M... the £10M saved probably going to the useless lawyers at One Essex Court.]
14 Posted 10/06/2026 at 15:39:38
15 Posted 10/06/2026 at 15:43:05
16 Posted 10/06/2026 at 15:43:16
17 Posted 10/06/2026 at 15:57:46
18 Posted 10/06/2026 at 16:04:58
Then again, the corruption is there to see in every Everton game!
I despise the premier league. Bent bastards
19 Posted 10/06/2026 at 16:10:02
There are 115 reasons why this is grossly unfair.
Fuck the Premier League.
20 Posted 10/06/2026 at 16:11:09
We need to fire our legal team. It was demonstrated we gained no sporting advantage ffs.
Corruption of the highest level when you look how they turn a blind eye to the “big” clubs. The premier league fucking hate us don’t they.
Little old Everton stay in your lane.
21 Posted 10/06/2026 at 16:11:58
22 Posted 10/06/2026 at 16:23:17
23 Posted 10/06/2026 at 16:31:34
24 Posted 10/06/2026 at 16:32:35
25 Posted 10/06/2026 at 16:33:29
26 Posted 10/06/2026 at 16:35:48
27 Posted 10/06/2026 at 16:38:39
28 Posted 10/06/2026 at 16:38:39
One day we will be a club good young players might consider joining. But maybe not this year.
29 Posted 10/06/2026 at 16:51:26
In other words, assuming semi sensible recruitment, two additions who would seriously upgrade our first team.
Other permutations are available...
30 Posted 10/06/2026 at 16:56:32
31 Posted 10/06/2026 at 16:59:23
What about all the other clubs who have overspent, do they not gain an advantage, what about City they played Burnley didn't they? They need to sue them too.
32 Posted 10/06/2026 at 17:06:18
Oh I get that we were part of the club of clubs.
That's my issue, Everton didn't make the rules or decisions alone.
So when we were judged to have breached PSR what should we have done differently?
If the points were deducted in that season, it does not guarantee Burnley would have survived, many other factors play a part, injuries, suspensions, form etc, it's ridiculous to think that it's evertons fault that the points were not taken and not the league as whole, as it's the whole "club of clubs" who made the rules that allowed the set of circumstances to arise, not solely everton, so the compensation shouldn't be paid solely by everton.
33 Posted 10/06/2026 at 17:15:44
But we paid our dues. Surely we sue the PL for the full amount for their error?
34 Posted 10/06/2026 at 17:18:16
35 Posted 10/06/2026 at 17:20:27
It's moving the goal posts after the fact, after theve realised the rules were not fit for purpose.
It's not evertons fault the rules were a joke and had lots of implications that the WHOLE PL had voted on and operated under for years.
36 Posted 10/06/2026 at 17:22:00
37 Posted 10/06/2026 at 17:29:27
Annual UK trade deal with Abu Dhabi is £25 billion.
Who owns Man City again?
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1 Posted 10/06/2026 at 13:40:03
The appeal is in apparently...