A number of Premier League and EFL clubs have been given points penalties in relation to Profit and Sustainability Rules in recent years, and another name could join the list
Leicester City are at risk of a minimum 12-point deduction in relation to alleged breaches of Profit and Sustainability Rules, it has been claimed. The Foxes are alleged to have gone over the limit by £17million across the 2021-24 period, hence the severity of the potential punishment.
The club, who were relegated from the Premier League in 2023 and immediately promoted back to the top flight, suffered another relegation this season. However, they could still face punishment next term.
According to The i, EFL guidelines are expected to be followed when deciding the club’s punishment. This means a 12-point penalty for breaches of more than £17m, with smaller penalties for smaller breaches.
The same publication reports the Premier League referred Leicester over three separate alleged breaches during the 2023-24 season, and a hearing is expected to be set within 12 weeks of those charges – in other wods, by August. One key factor, according to The Athletic, is whether the Premier League will have jurisdiction over breaches alleged to have taken place when Leicester were in the second tier.
The Premier League has closed a loophole which allowed Leicester to avoid punishment for alleged breaches in relation to the 2022-23 season. On that occasion, the club managed to avoid sanctions from the Premier League after being relegated from the competition.
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“If a club is relegated from the [Premier] League, that club shall, notwithstanding relegation, remain bound by rules … as if it were still a [Premier League] club, until such time as it has complied with all of its obligations relating to its last season as a club,” the Premier League’s rules now read. “If any club is found to have been in breach of any EFL regulation … the board shall have the power to impose any penalty on that club.”
Leicester’s relegation from the Premier League was confirmed in April when they lost at home to Liverpool. They finished the season in 18th place, picking up just 25 points from their 38 matches.
No Premier League clubs were issued with points deductions during the 2024-25 season, but penalties were handed out during the previous campaign. Everton’s 10-point penalty was a competition record at the time, though it was later reduced to six on appeal, and the Merseyside club were docked a further two points later in the same season.
Nottingham Forest were docked four points themselves, losing an appeal against the punishment. Both Everton and Forest escaped relegation, though, despite their points total being trimmed.
The record points penalty for a Premier League club still stands at nine. That was the penalty handed to Portsmouth in the 2009-10 season when they went into administration, and they would have been relegated with or without that penalty.
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