Tory MP suggests goalposts moved as Everton letter written to Premier League chief Richard Masters
Dame Caroline Dinenage, the Chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, has asked Richard Masters for more detail regarding the 10-point penalty handed to Everton.
That is according to The Independent, with the publication reporting on its website on Sunday (28 January) that Dinenage has urged the Premier League chief executive to publish the minutes of the board meeting during which the punishment was decided upon.
The online newspaper added that Masters has also been asked to hand over the witness statement he gave to the independent commission that handed the sentence to the Toffees.
The Independent noted that the Tory MP for Gosport wrote to Masters saying there was ‘the perception [of] moving the goalposts’ this season and to confirm whether any future sanctions ‘will be transparent and applied fairly’, as she urged him to give more clarity and information about the process.
Dragging on
The current situation involving the Goodison Park club and their Premier League legal troubles has been dragging on and on for some time now, with seemingly no end in sight.
An update may, however, arise if Masters can meet Dinenage’s deadline, with The Independent noting that the latter asked the former to reply by 8 February.
It will still be of huge frustration to the powers that be on Merseyside, who will want to find out what is happening sooner rather than later.
But there has been little update on their current appeal, while the club have since been handed a further charge by the Premier League, thus extending the entire ordeal.
Their league rivals Nottingham Forest have also been dragged into proceedings, while other clubs could face similar action in the coming months.
Everton have, of course, already been docked points this season, with the Toffees responding well on the pitch after that punishment.
But another points deduction may just break the players, with the Merseyside club already hovering dangerously above the Premier League relegation zone.
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