Leicester City face new points deduction after Premier League twist – Wyness
Everton’s former chief Keith Wyness has insisted the “Premier League will be gunning” for Leicester City after a major twist in their points deduction case.
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 – claimed the Foxes will be watched “very closely” after escaping punishment for a 2022-23 breach.
They were charged with a Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR) breach for that campaign but argued they were no longer a Premier League club when they submitted their accounts on 30 June 2023 – following relegation to the Championship.
An independent commission initially rejected those claims, but Leicester confirmed in a statement (3 September) that their appeal against that ruling has been successful.
However, Football Insider has revealed (4 September) that Leicester appear to have been “well short” of overcoming their allowable losses in the 2023-24 campaign.
The Midlands club could be hit with another PSR charge during the season and face a possible points deduction.
‘Premier League will be gunning for Leicester’, says Wyness
Wyness told Football Insider‘s Insider Track podcast: “The Premier League are going to be gunning for them now.
“They’ll be scrutinising everything.
“Leicester are going to be pretty close to the line in terms of the losses over three years.
“I don’t know the full facts in terms of what has been booked with their transfer fees, but we know they will be very, very close.
“The Premier League are going to be looking at them very closely now.”
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