Callum O'Connell

Tue 6 February 2024 12:45, UK

The Premier League are having to bring in additional legal help in a bid to push through several cases, including those involving Everton, before the deadlines set in their own rules, according to The Athletic.

The news outlet reported on 6 February that the Profitability and Sustainability Rules cases against both Everton and Nottingham Forest fall under strict deadlines which the League cannot breach.

Everton’s appeal hearing over the first charge took place last week, and a decision is expected by the middle of this month, but with the deadlines set for 24 May, extra help has been brought in to push them through.

Premier League now scrambling

The league now appear to be scrambling to keep up with their own rules, such is the level of breaches that have been recorded in recent weeks and months, with Chelsea also under investigation and almost a year passing since the Manchester City investigation began.

By the time the appeal process is heard, it will have been 11 months since the Goodison Park club was initially charged, but the timeframe of just five months for the new charges has put extra pressure on the League and their lawyers.

All of the charges have begun to stack up, and the League are now scrambling to get them over the line with their extra-legal assistance, with Everton at the heart of it given their hearing and new breach investigation.

Clubs are set to meet this week to discuss potential changes to the PSR and Financial Fair Play regulations amid the ongoing cases.

It is also said in The Athletic article that the meetings between Premier League clubs are becoming more difficult to handle, as there are no longer traditional alliances in the groups – this coming just days after a Premier League “civil war” was said to be on the cards.

In other Everton news, a BBC pundit has given a “devastating” verdict.

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