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Everton have been hit with a more points deduction by the Premier League this season, having previously been docked 10 points in November, which was reduced to six on appeal
Sean Dyche’s side have been hit with a two more points deduction this season by an independent commission after a breach of the Premier League’s Profitability and Sustainability Rules.
The deduction means that the Toffees, who beat relegation rivals Burnley 1-0 at Goodison Park on Saturday, drop from 29 points to 27, two points above both Nottingham Forest and Luton. They move to 16th in the Premier League table, below Brentford.
Forest themselves were docked four points last month after their own breach of the rules.
The Premier League said: “Over a three-day hearing last month, the independent Commission heard evidence and arguments from the club in respect of a range of potential mitigating factors for its admitted breach of £16.6million, including the impact of its two successive PSR charges.
“Having done so, the Commission determined the appropriate sanction to be a two-point deduction, taking effect immediately.