TLDR: Everton have been immediately deducted ten points for being ~£20M (Everton claim it’s only £10M) over the FFP threshold (can’t have more than £105M loss over 3 years).
Just wondered what everyone thought? On the one hand, you could argue it’s harsh because administration is usually ‘worth’ a 9 point deduction, on the other hand, you could say it sends a strong message about the importance of everyone following the rules?
FFP strikes again…
The saviour of football clubs and all round sporting integrity hits home exactly at the right time…
Everton are currently in the process of selling the club and this will naturally put a spanner in the works.
FFP is a selective corporate monopolising technique which has tarnished football since the owners of the biggest clubs in the UK (and subsequently Europe), clubbed together in a dimly lit room with the sole aim of stopping any ‘piffling little club’ from winning anything significant. The dream is now almost impossible and it comes as no surprise that Everton have been smashed with FFP just when they are on the brink of selling their club and building a new stadium.
FFP has not protected a single club ever and nor it will. The PL and FL ‘pick n choose’ as to who they “FFP” smash next based on either rock, paper, scissors or which club is proving a danger to the status quo and it is disgusting. Hopefully one day this appalling stain on football will be confined to history.