Everton’s case over an alleged breach of profit and sustainability rules, which has been referred to an independent commission by the Premier League, is highly unlikely to deliver any verdict before the end of this season and the reality of the situation is that the issue is set to take many months to resolve.
With two games left to play of the current Premier League season, Everton currently lie 17th in the table, just one point and one place above the drop zone as they bid to avoid what would be the club’s first relegation in 72 years.
An article in The Times stated that a group of Premier League clubs — understood to be Leeds United, Leicester City and Nottingham Forest, who are all still fighting to stay up, plus Southampton who have already gone down – have failed in a bid to have the Blues' charge for breaching Financial Fair Play rules fast-tracked so that it is dealt with before the end of the season, but have distanced themselves from reports that they have lodged legal papers with the league this season.
