Legal expert outlines how Everton have opened door to new claims against Manchester City
Everton could play a role in other Premier League clubs making claims against Manchester City, a legal expert has told Goodison News.
The Citizens have become central to one of the biggest stories in the history of English football.
They are coming under massive levels of scrutiny having been found guilty on 114 of 115 financial charges from 2009 to 2018.
The Etihad outfit has been found to have artificially boosted their revenue by over £900million across that eight-year period.
That has raised questions of how they may be punished by the Premier League due to the unprecedented level of these charges.
It could actually prove to be worse than initially expected, and it may come down to Everton. Here's why.
Burnley and Everton set mechanism to hurt Manchester City
The Toffees have had their fair share of financial issues over the years.
They were hit with a point deduction in 2023 that ultimately totalled to be eight points.
They found to have breached the Premier League's PSR rules in the 2021/22 season, but received their punishment two seasons later.
Burnley took issue with that and the Blues were ordered to pay them £35.1m as a result.
Daniel Baker, Senior Associate at Knights, believes this arrangement will spell bad news for Manchester City in the near future.
The legal expert has represented elite-level coaches, athletes, clubs and organisations within football, including cases within the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
Speaking exclusively to Goodison News, Baker said: "What we have with the Everton and Burnley case, is that, unless the appeal succeeds, they’ve set a precedent and a future blueprint for clubs impacted by other clubs breaching financial rules seeking compensation from each other.
"The City case is unlikely to impact the outcome of the Everton appeal. It has established a mechanism and demonstrated how clubs might in the future point to a club breaching financial rules, securing a sporting advantage to the claiming club’s detriment and with the opportunity of securing compensation.
"Once the full process is over, if the appeal is unsuccessful, City could face a prospect of having to defend multiple compensation claims."
Could Everton claim against Manchester City?
There is likely to be several rabbit holes opened up by the latest developments at the Etihad.
It has been suggested that players, managers and clubs could all have claims to make for a lack of earnings.
The Toffees may well play a role in that, but they could have an extra reason.
That comes due to them losing three players to the Citizens between 2009 and 2018.
Joleon Lescott, Jack Rodwell and John Stones all made the move and weakened Everton at different times.
They could have claim for that, with the possibility only coming up due to their own legal case with Burnley.
A case which they are appealing and are yet to learn the result of.