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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Andy Hunter

Everton’s survival in doubt if relegated from the Premier League

View of the stadium at Goodison Park
Everton’s accounts reveal a loss of £120.9m for the 2020-21 season. Premier League rules state the maximum loss over three years is £105m. Photograph: Robbie Jay Barratt/AMA/Getty Images

Everton’s ability to continue as a going concern would be plunged into doubt in the event of relegation from the Premier League, the club’s latest set of accounts have revealed.

The bleak assessment, contained in the Everton directors’ report and from the auditor Crowe UK LLP, came on Friday when the club announced losses of £44.7m for the 2021-22 season. The loss is a significant reduction on the previous year’s figure of £120.9m but arrived in a year when Everton made a £67.7m profit on player trading. Richarlison, Lucas Digne and James Rodríguez were among the sales that year.

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