Everton’s former CEO Keith Wyness has predicted his old club will land a six-point deduction for their second rule breach – but suggested it be suspended and doubled to 12 points if they were to go on and breach it next year.
Speaking on the new edition of Football Insider’s Inside Track podcast, the 66-year-old – who served as CEO at Goodison Park between 2004 and 2009 and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs – claimed a Premier League “truce” would allow every club to “get back to football”.
Everton were charged with a second breach of the league’s Profitability and Sustainability Rules (PSR) earlier this year – with an independent commission hearing the case this week.
The Merseysiders, who have already been hit with a six-point deduction this season, will find out their fate on 8 April – according to the Premier League.
‘Put up the white flag and get back to football’, ex-Everton chief Wyness tells Premier League
Any further penalty will greatly blow Sean Dyche’s hopes of survival, with Everton just four points above the drop zone with 10 games left to play this term.
When asked about a potential punishment, Wyness told Football Insider‘s Insider Track podcast: “It could be six points again.
