Kieran Maguire reacts to Leeds United and Burnley complaints over Everton finances: ‘Hold on…’
Kieran Maguire has reacted to the ongoing Leeds United and Burnley complaints over the finances of Everton this season in the Premier League.
Both clubs have threatened legal action after the Toffees registered losses of over £300million in the past three years, way over the limit – something that has already been cleared by the Premier League.
Maguire did admit that there was something strange about the accounts though and that Watford and Norwich would have also complained if they were in that final relegation spot.
Speaking on The Price of Football podcast this week [23 May], Maguire didn’t hold back when giving his verdict on the potential legal battle brewing.
“We’ve seen a lot of other clubs: Villa, West Ham, Brighton, Leicester, Newcaslte, Arsenal – lots of other clubs have come out and they have put out in varying amounts of detail the cost of COVID, but in the main, they’ve been in the ballpark of £40-£55million,” he said.
“Then, Everton say £170million, and you say ‘Hold on’ as far as I’m aware there wasn’t a fourth variant that impacted on Everton to a greater extent than Everton. Leeds and Burnley will have taken legal advice.
“I have got understanding that have Watford and Norwich been in that third relegation, I suspect that they may have done very similarly.”
Hold on…
We are expecting this to be swept under the carpet quickly.
Will Leeds United be too bothered about taking this even further with Burnley after surviving on the final day of the season on Sunday? We doubt.
Instead, they will likely be concentrating on making new signings over the summer trying to make sure this struggle doesn’t happen again, just as Everton will be doing.
As for Watford and Norwich potentially doing the same, that is laughable given how far away they actually ended up in the Premier League after shocking ends to the season.
This has all been cleared by the Premier League already, so we doubt that anything bad can actually happen, and it appears more like desperation than anything else.
Frank Lampard will be concentrating on his squad and next season only with this move into the new stadium getting ever closer and new beginnings ready.
Farhad Moshiri and his team can deal with the rest – time to move on.
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