Patrick Boyland

and are expecting to be referred to an independent commission over breaches of the ’s profitability and sustainability regulations (PSR). Clubs will learn on Monday whether they have fallen foul of the league’s financial rules under new guidelines introduced to ensure any basic breaches are dealt with in time for punishments to be levied in the same season as a charge is brought. Under the league’s PSR, clubs are allowed to lose a maximum of £105million ($134m) or £35m per season over a rolling…

and have been referred to an independent commission over an alleged breach of the ’s profitability and sustainability regulations (PSR). Forest become the third top-flight club to be charged with a breach of the league’s financial rules after reporting losses that exceed the allowed amount over the three-year reporting cycle. Everton, have also been charged for a further alleged breach. Manchester City, meanwhile, . Under the guidelines, both Everton and Forest are now at risk of a fine or a p…

It looks increasingly likely that Everton’s survival hopes will hinge on the outcome of two hearings later this season. On Monday, the club were referred by the to a commission for an alleged breach of profitability and sustainability rules (PSR) in the 2022-23 season. This follows the 10-point deduction, imposed in November, for another PSR breach in the 2021-22 season — a decision currently under appeal. Advertisement So what is going on? What chance do they have of avoiding another debilitat…

After yet another turbulent week, started with the threat of a , this was the morale boost needed. A scrappy 1-0 third-round replay win over will not ease the creeping sense of existential dread at Goodison Park, but it will at least give supporters a temporary break from the unrelenting negative news cycle. It had initially looked like being the game nobody wanted, played in sub-zero temperatures during what was meant to be a mid-season break. Roy Hodgson’s Palace certainly gave the impressi…

Out of necessity, ’s transfer policy has undergone something of an overhaul in the past 18 months. If the early years of Farhad Moshiri’s time as owner were typified by a misguided desire to sign ‘names’ — players who could catapult the club towards European qualification — recent financial woes have seen the purse strings tighten considerably. Aware the days of such big spending are over, Everton’s recruitment department, overseen by director of football Kevin Thelwell, have primarily focused o…

It was not so long ago that ’s career brimmed with promise. After a successful debut season with , the £20million acquisition from was named in Gareth Southgate’s provisional squad for the pandemic-delayed in May 2021 and made his full international debut in one of the warm-up games the following month. At that stage, the tough-tackling Yorkshireman was vying with for a true international breakthrough. But the near three years since have seen their respective careers diverge. White is now a…

It is not uncommon for players to dodge — the area where journalists wait to ask questions — after defeats. But there was on Saturday, fronting up in the bowels of the Etihad Stadium following ’s 2-0 defeat against , just like he had done after the 3-0 loss at in December. The free-agent signing of Tarkowski, now 31, in the summer of 2022 from relegated has gone down one of Everton’s best bits of business in recent times. Advertisement He was brought in as part of an attempt to shore up a ba…

towered at the back post, leaping above defenders and goalkeeper to bundle in a late equaliser for . It had been a mismatch of epic proportions. With (6ft 4in; 193cm) and (6ft 2in) also competing in the box with the 6ft 4in Onana, this was an aerial battle that Everton would always win at some point. “I should be scoring more from set pieces,” Onana said in the Goodison Park tunnel after Monday’s draw. “It’s something I’ve been working on and it’s nice when you see your work pay off. Any tim…

have had their 10-point deduction for breaching the ’s profitability and sustainability rules (PSR) reduced to six points. The club for alleged breaches relating to the 2021-22 season The reduction of their points penalty will move Everton on to 25 points and up to 15th in the Premier League. The club called the decision — the biggest in the competition’s history and first relating to financial fair play regulations — “wholly disproportionate and unjust” and appealed against it two weeks later.…

manager Sean Dyche says he was “pleased” with the outcome of the club’s profitability and sustainability (PSR) appeal, after their 10-point deduction was cut to six this week. Following a hearing at the start of the month, moving them five clear of the relegation zone and up to 15th in the table. Dyche had conceded in recent weeks that the uncertainty over the appeal may have been starting to affect his squad, who are without a league win since December 16. Advertisement But the Everton manager…