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The Guardian - UK
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Andy Hunter

Everton players and fans will be fired up by points penalty, asserts Sean Dyche

Sean Dyche Everton the Premier League EPL
Sean Dyche takes charge of training at Everton’s Finch Farm
‘The feeling was very positive,’ says Sean Dyche after he spoke to Everton’s players following the club’s 10-point deduction. Photograph: Tony McArdle/Everton FC/Getty Images

Sean Dyche is confident Everton’s season will not be derailed by their 10-point penalty for breaching Premier League financial rules but has warned his players that they cannot rely on the club’s appeal to rescue them from another relegation battle.

The Everton manager said he was shocked and aggrieved by an independent commission’s decision to impose the biggest sporting sanction in Premier League history for a £19.5m overspend in 2021-22. Dyche was ill while on holiday in Dubai when informed of the punishment by Everton’s director of football, Kevin Thelwell. He described the deduction as both disproportionate and unjust.

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