Everton have £43.3m reason to watch Manchester City case even closer after new calculations

Everton should be keeping an even closer eye on the Manchester City case as it continues.

The Etihad Stadium side were found guilty by an independent panel of 114 of the 115 financial charges that were levelled against them by the Premier League.

They have lodged an appeal against that verdict, so it will rumble on for however long it takes for a conclusion to be reached.

The Blues missed out on the Champions League once in that period, and narrowly failed to secure Europa League football a few times.

They also endured financial struggles, which saw them deducted six points in February 2024 and two points in April 2024.

Now, it has been revealed how much that David Moyes' side were denied by City's alleged cheating.

How much did Everton lose as a result of Manchester City's alleged cheating?

Everton's net financial loss in the period as a result of City's offences is £43.3million, an eye-watering sum for the Merseysiders to miss out on.

New calculations from the BBC using lost prize money by league placing, missed potential Champions League earnings and Europa League payments, reveal how much the Blues may have lost.

It concludes that the Citizens earned £38.9m after qualifying for the Champions League in 2013-14, with the Toffees getting just £6.4m from the Europa League after finishing fifth.

That is a deficit of £32.6m, and it gets worse when domestic broadcast revenue is factored into the equation.

That is decided by league position, in 2010-11 it worked out at around £755,881 per place and was up to £1.94m by the 2016-17 campaign.

The Blues would be due £10.7m, as a result of finishing below City in all nine seasons that are under question.

Could Everton claim losses back in compensation?

The Toffees will surely be due some form on compensation for those losses from the club that they sold Iliman Ndiaye to this summer.

However, how long it takes to claim it is an entirely different matter, it may take ages.

The appeal has to be heard, then decided upon, which could take some time.

Then the L3 outfit would have to pursue legal action, which would also likely be subject to an appeal, so any payment could be years away.

Even then, it would have to be established that City's actions caused the losses, in a court of law.

This is certainly one to watch in the background for Everton.