Exclusive: Richard Masters told to ‘resign’ after devastating Everton update
Former Everton chief Keith Wyness has insisted Premier League CEO Richard Masters must resign for his handling of clubs’ alleged financial breaches in the top flight.
Speaking on the new edition of Football Insider’s Inside Track podcast, the 66-year-old – who served as CEO at Goodison Park between 2004 and 2009 and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs – accused Masters of making the top English league a “laughing stock”.
Everton were handed a 10-point deduction earlier this season after being charged with breaching the Premier League’s Profitability and Sustainability (PSR) rules up to the 2021-22 campaign.
The Toffees and Nottingham Forest were then charged with breaching PSR rules up to the 2022-23 campaign on Monday (15 January).
Meanwhile, treble winners Man City have so far escaped punishment for 115 financial charges over eight seasons – with a hearing set for later this year.
The controversy comes as the government push to install an independent regulator for English football – which could take these decisions out of the Premier League’s hands.
Wyness told Football Insider: “I don’t think Masters is up for this job. He’s leading the Premier League down rabbit holes which are overly detailed.
“In the time when I was on the Premier League board, Richard Scudamore led the league.
“I can assure you, we’d have found ways around this without the mess we’re now involved in.
“This comes down to Masters’ experience, and I’m afraid to say I’m calling for his resignation.
“The handling of this is just making the Premier League, which is a great product worldwide, a laughing stock.
“His interpretation of the rules, and the way it has been handled politically, is wrong. It should’ve been handled, at the top, much better than this.”
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