Nottingham Forest’s points deduction explained and what it means for Everton and Man City

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Why is the punishment lighter than Everton's? Will Forest appeal? Could relegation be decided off the field and after the season ends?

For the second time this season, a points deduction for breaching its profit and sustainability rules has dragged a club down the table and into the relegation zone. First it was , whose initial 10-point penalty last November was recently reduced to six on appeal, and now it is . A four-point deduction, , suddenly a point adrift of safety.

There is an appeal backstop hearing date of Friday, May 24 — five days after Forest finish their campaign with a trip to fellow relegation candidates and four days before the Premier League’s AGM. With Everton’s second PSR charge yet to be heard and also carrying the prospect of an appeal, it all raises the threat of who stays up and who goes down being decided off the pitch and after the end of the playing season. What do Everton think about it? Everton are saying nothing.

 

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