Henry Winter shares when new committee can meet after alleged Everton Profit and Sustainability breach, club mounting strong defence

Mon 15 January 2024 17:50, UK

The independent commission will not be able to meet to discuss a new alleged profit and sustainability breach from Everton until the Toffees’ appeal against their first ruling concludes, according to Henry Winter.

The Times’ chief football writer reported via his X account (15 January) that the new independent commission that will investigate the Toffees’ latest alleged breach of the Premier League’s rules cannot begin proceedings until the first appeal process finishes.

Everton appealed against a 10-point deduction handed to them in November for a breach of financial fair play rules but challenged the ruling and are hopeful of seeing their punishment reduced or changed as a result.

Everton referred to an independent commission – again – for another breach of @premierleague PSR. Everton mounting a strong defence. They argue they’ve already been punished for 75% of the period covered by the new referral. They believe this is double jeopardy and have told the…
— Henry Winter (@henrywinter) January 15, 2024

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The Toffees have already begun to put together a strong defence to fight against their latest alleged breach as they believe they have already been punished for 75 per cent of this three-year period, but that defence won’t be required until the results of the appeal are unveiled.

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Wait and see

While this latest piece of breaking news will have left Everton fans incredibly worried about the financial situation currently at Goodison Park, it seems as though the Toffees may have to wait a while to learn if they will receive a new punishment.

There has been no set timescale placed on the Toffees’ original appeal which means that there will also be no set period in which this latest alleged breach will be heard by a new independent commission, although the new case – and the charge against Nottingham Forest – has to be heard by April 8 at the latest.

It seems incredibly unfair that Everton have been punished twice but may not know the results of either alleged breach for some time yet.

Until the punishments are set in stone, the Toffees cannot effectively plan for their future at Goodison Park as they don’t know what division they’ll be playing their football in.

Hopefully, both independent commissions will be able to reach their decisions sooner rather than later to ensure that Everton’s future won’t hang in the balance for too long.

In other Everton news, Newcastle fancy signing Amadou Onana this January, but it would take a head-spinning offer to tempt the Toffees