Everton ordered to pay £40m to Burnley, club to appeal | OneFootball

An independent Premier League commission on Wednesday ordered Everton to pay £40 million to Burnley for 2021-22 rules breaches, concluding a four-year dispute.

The club said in a statement that the ruling was flawed on legal and factual grounds, and it intends to appeal.

The commission found Burnley had suffered financial harm in 2021-22, the season the Clarets were relegated to the Championship.

Everton stayed up with a four-point cushion over 18th-placed Burnley, after their breach was judged to have conferred an advantage in the survival fight.

In 2023 the club were deducted 10 points for financial breaches in that same season, a penalty reduced to 6 on appeal in 2024.

Burnley pursued legal action seeking compensation available when a club suffers loss because another has broken the rules. The case focused on lost revenue and on the argument that a 2022 sanction would probably have kept them up.

Source: L'Équipe