Premier League moves goalposts on financial rule breach cases

The Premier League is proposing to allow clubs to negotiate settlements over alleged breaches of its financial rules rather than seeing their cases automatically referred to an independent commission.

Sky News has learnt that top-flight clubs will be asked to vote at the Premier League's annual meeting next month on the plan.

Football industry sources said the proposal was a significant one, and was aimed at simplifying and accelerating the sanctions process when clubs are charged with breaking Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR).

Under the PSR framework, Premier League clubs are not permitted to lose more than £105m over three years, with that figure reduced by £22m for every season a club spends outside the top flight.

n recent years, Everton and Nottingham Forest have both been hit by points deductions for PSR breaches.

Leicester City was also deducted six points in February, but that penalty was imposed by the English Football League following the Foxes' relegation from the top flight.

The points penalty contributed to Leicester's relegation to League One last month.

A source close to the situation said the rule change, if approved next month, would be implemented immediately, with the PSR regime being replaced at the start of next season.

Last November, the Premier League announced that PSR would be scrapped, with a system known as Squad Cost Ratio (SCR) and Sustainability and Systemic Resilience (SSR) introduced in its place.

The new framework is designed to work in parallel with rules overseen by UEFA, the European football governing body, and be consistent with the objectives of English football's new independent regulator.

The Premier League declined to comment on Friday.

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