Man City and Chelsea 'at risk of relegation' after Everton docked Premier League points

City face 115 alleged breaches of the same rules, while Chelsea could face punishment over alleged payments connected to former owner Roman Abramovich.

And former City financial advisor Stefan Borson, writing on X, says both Pep Guardiola and Mauricio Pochettino's teams could face an even worse punishment than Everton.

Without seeing the judgment/award -10 points for Everton feels harsh for a straightforward FFP breach to me. But reinforces that sanctions against City (if proven) and now Chelsea (if charged and admitted on the off-books payments) will be potentially relegation inducing.

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"Without seeing the judgement/award -10 points for Everton feels harsh for a straightforward FFP [Financial Fair Play] breach to me," he said.

"But reinforces that sanctions against City [if proven] and now Chelsea [if charged and admitted on the off-books payments] will be potentially relegation inducing."

He then added: "One thing is for sure, given the scale of this sporting sanction, Chelsea's calculus [in my opinion] that they could breach PL P&S [Profit and Sustainability] and just take a fine as a cost of doing business, must be in urgent and immediate reconsideration.

"The January window may be interesting.

"Even in the best case, they can no longer rely on being able to convince an Independent Commission to accept their Covid and Sanctions allowances as exceptional adjustments [to the extent that was the plan]."

City were charged with 115 breaches of Premier League rules back in February.

They deny any wrongdoing, however, though did recently acknowledge the 'risk' of charges after posting record financial figures.

"The board acknowledges that there are a number of risks and uncertainties which could have a material impact on the club's performance," the report stated.

Meanwhile, the Premier League confirmed Everton's points deduction by saying: "An independent Commission has imposed an immediate deduction of 10 points on Everton FC for a breach of the Premier League’s Profitability and Sustainability Rules (PSRs).

"The Premier League issued a complaint against the Club and referred the case to an independent Commission earlier this year.

"During the proceedings, the Club admitted it was in breach of the PSRs for the period ending Season 2021/22 but the extent of the breach remained in dispute.

"Following a five-day hearing last month, the Commission determined that Everton FC’s PSR Calculation for the relevant period resulted in a loss of £124.5million, as contended by the Premier League, which exceeded the threshold of £105million permitted under the PSRs.

"The Commission concluded that a sporting sanction in the form of a 10-point deduction should be imposed.

"That sanction has immediate effect."

Everton have responded by saying: "Everton Football Club is both shocked and disappointed by the ruling of the Premier League’s Commission.

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"The Club believes that the Commission has imposed a wholly disproportionate and unjust sporting sanction.

"The Club has already communicated its intention to appeal the decision to the Premier League.

"The appeal process will now commence and the Club’s case will be heard by an Appeal Board appointed pursuant to the Premier League’s rules in due course.

"Everton maintains that it has been open and transparent in the information it has provided to the Premier League and that it has always respected the integrity of the process.

"The Club does not recognise the finding that it failed to act with the utmost good faith and it does not understand this to have been an allegation made by the Premier League during the course of proceedings."