The “ham-fisted” modification in Premier League financial rules that may impact Nottingham Forest and Everton has been criticized 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, March11, Premier League teams cast their votes in favor of new financial rules that will limit salary and transfer fee expenditures to a portion of a club’s total revenue, which is expected to be roughly 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 very frustrating,” he said on the Insider Track podcast of Football Insider.
“Those rules are going to be thrown up if any other clubs are about to cross that level in their three-year cycle.
“What Everton and Nottingham Forest have been judged on, that no longer applies to other clubs.
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.”
