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Financial Fair Play investigation

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I'm not sure that article is up to much

The Premier League can't act without EVIDENCE

They were given the evidence by Everton Football Club on 01 March 2023 when the club handed over the accounts and projections for T+1 T+2

The PL advised all and sundry that everything was fine.
Without evidence.
 
Id be looking at an allowance to write Sigurdsson off as an impaired asset as well mate.

His cost on the profit and loss per year is an eye watering £14.1 mill.

A lot of our problems are incompetence but a lot are unfortunate unpredictable circumstances as well - looking at just those two aspect its 34 million.

Yes thats also true. And it's why these things are always messy.

What I suspect is that the club have got some deductions in for stuff like this, and the PL have for whatever reason stated either they don't agree, or they want to take further guidance.

The issue is, outside of the bubble of football, these sort of write downs are perfectly common practice. People get all pearl clutchy with football, as it's followed by a lot of thick, rentagob know it alls who know very little, but in the real world this sort of creative accounting is almost the norm. And honestly, it would not be some big issue that such a decision was taken. There will be thousands are far more egregious examples.

None of this will register with the sort of thick dullards who pass as football finance journalists though, who probably couldn't spell maintenance capex if you asked them.
 
Don't know mate. But it's fair assumption to compare us with the teams on the list then someone like Man Utd with 76.000 stadium or Arsenal with expensive ticket-prices. Both clubs make more than £100m per season on ticket sales.

You can read the whole thing here on his Everton thread:


Absolute disgrace that. The people running this club must think everyone else are mugs including the Everton fanbase.
 
@davek and @Neiler with some ridiculous level of wishful thinking on the previous few pages

Any thought PremierLeague P&S is going to disappear is fanciful nonsense from you two

It isn't. Its going to the independent commission

Everton don't really have a leg to stand on.

The only thing they can argue is in T+1 profits are being booked from the Gordon sale

To hope that reduces the penalty coming to Everton Football Club
 
This was the PL judgement in relation to 6 clubs that went ahead and signed up to a plan to destroy the PL itself...

"The six clubs involved in proposals to form a European Super League have today acknowledged once again that their actions were a mistake, and have reconfirmed their commitment to the Premier League and the future of the English game. They have wholeheartedly apologised to their fans, fellow clubs, the Premier League and The FA. As a gesture of goodwill, the clubs have collectively agreed to make a contribution of £22m which will go towards the good of the game, including new investment in support for fans, grassroots football and community programmes. Furthermore, the clubs have agreed to support rule changes so that any similar actions in the future would lead to a 30 point deduction. Each of the six clubs, in that event, would also be subject to an additional £25m fine."

In light of that, if we got any substantial fine or deduction of points for transgressing the PL's FFP rules (and having been assured by that same PL all was ok) then there's going to be amazement in all quarters of the game in this country.

If they tried to pull some of the stunts they might, there really needs to be protests outside of these hearings, outside of PL HQ and at the alleged experts involved. It would be an utter scandal, and they would need to be made aware their disgraceful actions would have consequences, with people taking their right to protest them.
 

On what basis are you making that nonsense comment Dave?

Investment into the PL is huge and you cant hold that back. The game's authorities just dont want to face up to rigidly policing that with the type of takeovers hapening and that will continue to happen. And it's a restraint on trade.
 

@davek and @Neiler with some ridiculous level of wishful thinking on the previous few pages

Any thought PremierLeague P&S is going to disappear is fanciful nonsense from you two

It isn't. Its going to the independent commission

Everton don't really have a leg to stand on.

The only thing they can argue is in T+1 profits are being booked from the Gordon sale

To hope that reduces the penalty coming to Everton Football Club

I'm afriad that is just untrue mate.

P&S could very easily fall. It looks completely illogical at present, that a club who has spent negative 30 million is being penalised for spending too much while a team that spends 650m in a single season allegedly can't compete with us. But that's a slight aside.

This decision has been referred to a commission to look more closely at this. We have no idea what they will conclude.

Likewise, unless you have seen the accounts, you can't really say if Everton do or don't have a leg to stand on. What we can say, is the club have published accounts which they believe are compliant with the regulations. They will have been signed off by legal and accounting experts, far more qualified than you or I. It doesn't mean they are correct, but it also means the club clearly have some defence.
I don't know what t+1 profits refer to, but the Gordon sale will make no difference as it's not in these accounts. Any logical organisation, would look at a first offence, for a club ravaged by the duality of a once in 100 years pandemic, and once in 80 years war, and conclude that they should be given a year or 2 to reolve the difficulties, which the club likely will have. That would be the reasomable thing to do. But the PL are fundamentally unreasonable people, upholding an unjust system.
 
"No one wants it"

It's not FFP. It's "Profit and Sustainability"

Everton aren't subject to FFP as we are not in Europe

Profit and sustainability then.

Its going to run out of steam because eventually clubs such as our selves will say enough is enough.

They serve the big 6 only.
Once Newcastle make up some fancy sponsorship deals and get involved then it will further underline how they protect the big six and clubs will say enough is enough.
 
Investment into the PL is huge and you cant hold that back. The game's authorities just dont want to face up to rigidly policing that with the type of takeovers hapening and that will continue to happen. And it's a restraint on trade.

It's not though. The European courts found FFP was compliant with EU competition law when the UK was still in the EU.

You've no basis to make these statements Dave

Stop trying to deflect. This incompetent board have messed up big big time

That's where the issue lies. No where else.
 

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