The Toffees were initially docked 10 points for breaking rules over a three-year period, while City are awaiting a ruling after being charged in February with 115 breaches of financial rules. The club denies all the charges.
Everton and Nothingham Forest Charges
Everton and Nottingham Forest have been charged with breaching Premier League Profitability and Sustainability Rules.
Premier League clubs are permitted to lose a maximum of £105m over a three-season period (£35m a season). Due to Forest spending two seasons in the Championship within the latest assessment period, the maximum loss they were permitted was £61m.
The Premier League says both clubs have confirmed they are in breach of the rules for the assessment period ending season 2022/23.
Pep Guardiola says he would stay at Manchester City even if the club are found guilty of breaching Premier League financial rules and relegated to third-tier League One as a punishment.
With Everton’s 10-point deduction last week that put them in the relegation zone, City’s future has come back into stark relief.
The Toffees received a deduction of 10 points for violating regulations during a three-year span, while City is awaiting a decision following a charge of 115 financial rule violations in February. The club refutes every accusation.
The European Football Association (EFA) banned City from UEFA tournaments for two years in February 2020 due to “serious financial fair play breaches.” However, the Court of Arbitration for Sport reversed the decision later that year.
When questioned on Friday about whether a possible punishment would cause him to reevaluate his role, Guardiola vowed to remain faithful to the champions.
“After I receive the sentence, I will respond,” he declared. “You ask questions as though we’ve received punishment. And until our guilt is established, we remain innocent at this moment. I am aware that many desire it. I sense it, I know it. I’ll hold off.
“Watch and see. We’ll come here and explain it after the sentence is finished. However, I will not think about my future if it depends on being in League One or remaining here. Indeed.
“Being in League One gives us a better chance of staying than being in the Champions League.”
Guardiola made a suggestion that many in the football community would rather that City be punished severely when his team plays Liverpool on Saturday.
“We should be demoted, relegated, relegated—yes, of course—when you read what is said, but nobody knows exactly,” he uttered.
“Not even I know exactly what happened; everyone who says so didn’t read the statements. I didn’t read our defence or all of the breaches.
But hold on. What I stated a month ago: we will face consequences if we violated the law. But hold on, aren’t we able to defend ourselves?
The City manager maintained that the matter pertaining to City was “totally different” from the Everton affair.
He stated, “I want to say the case for Everton, and I don’t know what happened, but the only thing I know is that they are completely different cases from the lawyers and people at my club.” “You cannot compare because each case is unique, which is why.”
