Nottingham Forest weigh formal Premier League complaint over Chelsea punishment | OneFootball

According to NY Times, Nottingham Forest are considering making a formal complaint to the Premier League over the punishment handed to Chelsea for undisclosed payments.

Chelsea were fined £10.75m and given a suspended transfer ban last week after self-reporting £47.5m of hidden payments to agents and players over a seven-year period. Many in the game saw the outcome as lenient, since there was no sporting sanction.

Forest were docked a four-point penalty for breaching Profit and Sustainability Rules in March 2024 while battling relegation, and club figures are still weighing their next steps.

Their PSR case centred on Brennan Johnson’s sale to Tottenham Hotspur on deadline day in 2023, two months beyond the 30 June assessment cut-off. As a promoted club in 2022-23 they were permitted losses of £61m but exceeded the three-year limit by £34.5m.

Selling Johnson before 30 June might have kept Forest within that threshold, though likely for a lower fee. The club believed it amounted to a near miss after spending £142.8m on 19 signings following promotion from the Championship.

Chelsea’s current owners, Clearlake Capital and Todd Boehly, flagged the issue to the Premier League, the FA and UEFA. The club made 36 undisclosed payments between 2011 and 2018 that helped secure signings including David Luiz, Willian and Eden Hazard, uncovered during the sale process from Roman Abramovich.

During that time Chelsea won two Premier League titles and six further trophies. Everton were also docked eight points for two separate PSR breaches in 2023-24.

Source: NY Times