Burnley suing Everton for £50M in PSR impact claim | OneFootball

In light of Everton breaching the Premier League's Profitability & Sustainability Rules, Burnley are looking for £50million-plus in compensation after claiming loss of revenue as a result of their relegation to the Championship.

The hearing starts this week at the International Dispute Resolution Centre in London, 2 years after Everton were controversially handed successive points deductions for breaches of PSR for in 3-year rolling periods ending in 2021-22 and 2022-23.

Burnley were relegated from the Premier League in 2021-22 when they finished just 4 points behind Everton in 18th place.  Had Everton's 6-point deduction occurred during the 2021-22 campaign, Burnley would have been safe with the Toffees relegated in their stead.

Under the Premier League's rules, a PSR breach is deemed to confer a sporting advantage, the penalty incurred being a points deduction (although other punishments could have been decided upon by the Independent Commission hearing the original cases).

They did not award or recommend compensation to other affected clubs in the decisions that resulted in points deductions for Everton; however, such compensation claims were green-lighted as a part of a pre-hearing back in May 2023 where Burnley and four other clubs failed in their bid to gain participation in the hearings of the PSR charges against Everton.

But the clubs were given a window of 28 days after the decision on Everton's breaches to assert their wishes to pursue a claim for compensation under Rule W.51.5 of the 2022-23 Premier League Handbook, which alllows the Commission to order a club guilty of breaches to pay compensation unlimited in amount to any person or to any club.

Les Callan 2 Posted 16/09/2025 at 13:19:22

Only that it’s being reported also in the independent. Surprised that there hasn’t been more reaction on here.

Michael Kenrick 3 Posted 16/09/2025 at 13:24:10

Unless nipped in the bud this case could open a huge can of worms, with clubs lining up to sue Manchester City and Chelsea for breaching the rules.

Haven't we been punished more than enough by the unprecedented points deductions and the unfair treatment of valid mitigations?

Jack, it's probably constituted as a hearing under the Premier League's rules and these are always held in private because 'sensitive' commercial interests and business matters are involved.

Ray Jacques 5 Posted 16/09/2025 at 14:06:06

Can we sue the league for all the dodgy refereeing decisions over the years?

This is a load of crap. Burnley were relegated for their failure to gain sufficient points over the course of 38 games, not because of Everton.

They didn't play us every week did they?

This could get very interesting and complex for a number of reasons.This is I think the first case of its kind. The doors for it were opened by the PL legal adjudicators when handing out the initial 10 point penalty to Everton ( subsequently appealed). The lead KC said that there were legal grounds for other clubs to pursue compensation claims. Interestingly I believe the same PL legal team sit again on this matter. You would assume therefore that they lean towards Everton’s guilt. Everton admitted PSR breach but assert they complied with PL rules on timing of cases, the rules have since changed to insist that cases are now heard sooner. Burnley are claiming loss of revenue from PL relegation that would have been avoided if case heard sooner, and Everton relegated. It’s not Everton’s fault re timing of case, that’s down to PL rules. It’s messy. A lawyers goldmine. As Michael says a successful claim by Burnley would open the floodgates to other claims against City/ Chelsea if they have breached rules. If Everton are found guilty then it will likely be a hefty financial bill ( Burnley claiming upwards of £50m). I would expect Everton will claim mitigation, or seek a compromise to reduce any claim. Who knows what the outcome of this will be…I also expect that TFG factored this potential liability into the cost of acquisition from Moshiri.