The Premier League is planning to introduce a minimum sanction of a six-point deduction for serious breaches of the new spending regulations it wants in place next season. Under draft proposals for the squad-cost ratio (SCR) system shared with clubs at their shareholders’ meeting this week, a fixed tariff for overspending would be introduced for the first time.
A club guilty of breaching SCR by 30% would be docked six points. Extra points could be deducted on a sliding scale for more serious breaches of the spending cap, which would restrict spending on transfers, player wages and agent fees to 85% of revenue. Smaller breaches would be punished by a financial levy tied to the percentage of the overspend. The Premier League declined to comment.
