Kieran Maguire has explained the points Everton will have put forward in their appeal against their ten-point deduction as a result of the Profit and Sustainability Rule breach.
The football finance expert spoke live on air that, while the conversation has been kept watertight during the appeal process, the club will use the stadium, harshness of the penalty, and attempts to cut back as their defence.
Alan Brazil insisted that being made to wait to hear the results, with a mid-February date set for the decision to be made, is unfair to the Everton fans.
Brazil was speaking live on talkSPORT [7 February, 07:39] when he asked: “I don’t like how we’re going to have to wait a few weeks for it, and it’s not fair on Everton fans either, but have you heard any whispers?”
Maguire then explained: “No, it’s all watertight. What will have happened is following the hearing, the commission will now be reviewing the evidence, going through Everton’s defence, where they will claim that the penalty was harsh and that the club had taken significant steps to cut back on the expenditure.
“Also in respect of the stadium, the club had no sporting advantage because the stadium won’t be completed until 2025, and therefore for that to be included in part of the broad remit that it [the punishment] was disproportionate.”
