Nottingham Forest points deduction: Wyness can’t believe latest on ‘draconian’ PSR punishment
Former Everton chief Keith Wyness has insisted Nottingham Forest will not receive a 10-point deduction if found guilty of breaching the Premier League’s Profitability and Sustainability Rules (PSR).
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 Everton’s appeal against their deduction will create “precedent” and “case law” for the handling of Forest’s alleged offences.
Forest were charged with breaching PSR rules in January, with the club allegedly exceeding their £61million allowable losses over three years up to the end of the 2022-23 campaign.
Everton were charged alongside the Midlands club and have already received a 10-point deduction this term for a similar breach.
Forest are set to hear the verdict of their trial before the end of the 2023-24 campaign with a potential points deduction on the cards if found guilty.
Nottingham Forest must ‘regroup the troops and fight hard’, says ex-CEO
Nuno Espirito Santo’s side are 16th in the table – four points clear of the relegation zone with 13 games of this season remaining.
Wyness told Football Insider‘s Insider Track podcast: “It’s possible that any deduction could relegate them.
“It’s the ripple effects that the punishment has on the players, the manager, the fans. It creates a downward spiral.
“It is a draconian measure and it goes beyond what these rules were intended for.
“I think most of the footballing world recognises the Everton 10-point deduction as being pretty draconian.
“Hopefully Forest get the same feeling Everton had and want to come out and fight any punishment they end up with.
“They’ll have to regroup the troops and fight hard.
“You’ve got to go with a victim mentality and try and rally everyone against it.
“But I don’t think they’ll be getting a 10-point penalty. I don’t know the scale of their transgressions, but I think it will be less than Everton’s punishment.
“The Everton appeal will create a precedent. We’re almost creating case law, in a sense.”
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