Ex-Everton chief calls for consistency after Chelsea punishment
Keith Wyness has demanded consistency after Chelsea escaped similar point deductions to Everton and Nottingham Forest recently.
Chelsea were fined £10.75million and handed a one-year transfer ban, suspended for two years, for admitting secret agent payments made under Roman Abramovich.
They escaped a sporting punishment like points deductions, unlike Everton and Forest, who simply breached PSR and lost 12 points in total between them.
As Everton rebuild under the Friedkin Group, there were many unhappy with the leniency recently shown to Chelsea compared to those on Merseyside.
Premier League calls for more consistency again
Wyness insists that not every club is being treated the same following this punishment, with precedent starting to be legally set in stone.
Speaking exclusively to Goodison News, the ex-Everton CEO admitted that more consistency is needed across the board from the Premier League.
| Everton | Chelsea | Nott'm Forest |
| Points deductions: 8 (After appeal) | Points deductions: 0 | Points deductions: 4 |
| Fine: N/A | Fine: £10.75m | Fine: N/A |
| Transfer bans: N/A | Transfer bans: 1-year suspended | Transfer bans: N/A |
“We all know that Abramovich is gone, obviously, but still, in terms of the owners and directors' behaviour, this was a pretty egregious breach of good faith in the Premier League trust at the time," Wyness said
"Now, I know the new owners did self-report, etc, which they got some credit for.
"But then again, other clubs like Forest and, well, certainly Everton, were also given credit for assisting and not blocking things.
"So they're not being treated the same. All we're trying to get, like every decision, is consistency. And there are definitely inconsistencies here in the way that clubs like Forest and Everton have been treated.
"As the legal minefields we've been talking about over the recent weeks are starting to mount up and more and more cases are starting to become part of history books, we're setting precedent now, and there is precedent to look back on.
"Now we know the legal system is built on precedent to a great degree, and so should these decisions.
"They have to be treated equally and fairly, and therefore precedent must play a big role. And it does seem in this case that the decisions reached are not compatible with precedent.
"And that's a big issue for me.”
Everton turn corner at Hill Dickinson Stadium
Things have certainly gone up a level under the Friedkins, with the move to the Hill Dickinson Stadium at the heart of that.
Making revenue outside of those 19 Premier League home games is sensational and will only help with PSR and the new squad cost ratio rules.
Hosting the Rugby League Ashes was the start, with international football coming to Merseyside during this break too, as Scotland host the Ivory Coast at the end of March.
Everton may have turned a corner, but it doesn't avoid the conversation that they were harshly treated compared to Chelsea - something that will continue to happen if the Premier League don't make their punishments consistent.