Gary Neville has questioned the credibility of the Premier League and called the team’s punishment of Everton an utter disgrace.
Football fans around the world were incensed when the Toffees received the harshest penalty in Premier League history—ten points lost for breaking profit and sustainability regulations.
However, Neville said on The Overlap (November 23) that he would be “furious” if he supported Everton and questioned whether the Premier League would have penalized the Big 6 teams similarly.
Everton will be our first target since they are raging on Merseyside, he remarked.
The governance of the Premier League is flawed. It broke a long time ago. It was amazing how they didn’t put an end to the European Super League (ESL).
If I were an Everton supporter, I would be indignant. You’ve done my club a complete shame, in my opinion.
On the other hand, Everton has also made mistakes. They ought to be penalized since they engaged in a financial crime—a kind of irregularity—in the game.
They are now acting as the fall guy. They will believe that they are being used as a scapegoat for the supposedly “tougher new Premier League, which, to be really honest, doesn’t exist.
Considering that the Big Six are bullies, that’s what they did to Everton. Would they have really done this to Manchester United, Manchester City, or Chelsea? They wouldn’t probably do that. The test is ahead.
The entire nation has expressed its fury at Everton’s mistreatment, which makes it abundantly clear that they have been messed over.
Nobody has expressed agreement with the judgment since it was made public almost a week ago, so everyone will know we were treated unfairly.
It should be clear to all that this is a genuine Manchester United situation when Gary Neville, a native of the city, points out that the Premier League is probably favoring the top teams in the league.
The Premier League is currently attempting, and has so far been successful in making an example of the Toffees; however, the club will fight this, and it is obvious from the backlash alone that it will be curtailed.
It will be interesting to see how strong the punishments are for Manchester City and Chelsea in the future since there is now a precedent for a simple £20m breach.
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Critical 777 Partners talks needed with Farhad Moshiri after Everton news – Finance Expert
We are pleased to have Dr. Daniel Plumley, an authority on football finance, as a featured columnist. He will provide his opinions on the most talked-about topics at Everton every week.
Dan Plumley has maintained that additional “Critical” discussions are necessary between 777 Partners and Farhad Moshiri since Everton may soon have to deal with wage disputes.
On November 18, The Mirror revealed that 777 Partners are unlikely to consent to pay any compensation up to £300 million that the club would be required to pay.
The financial expert acknowledged that there are arguments on both sides about who should foot the bill, should one arise, and that there would likely be more mayhem until the takeover is completed.
There are arguments on both sides. For example, if you’re 777 and this happened at a period that has nothing to do with you, one side may argue that we shouldn’t be responsible for paying the bill because it has nothing to do with us.
The other argument is that you should be able to handle and be aware of that if you’re going to take over this club and bail it out in many ways related to the challenging financial situation they’ve been in over the years. It’s this kind of ownership level negotiation that is crucial.
We don’t know where the compensation is going to fall, we don’t the verdict yet so we are guessing slightly, but if it is there and it is a real threat then the negotiations between the outgoing owner and the incoming owner will become critical to that, and that can have implications as well.
I think, in a bigger picture of the club, we’re back to the takeover which we seem to have been talking about forever now, but it is still a real sticking point and there will still be sticking points until we get to the endpoint with this, whether this is an Everton appeal and a reduced sanction, or what happens with the compensation fee.
Those next moves will dictate a lot of what happens next, but it could be quite chaotic still.
