According to one expert, Leeds United could still be due compensation from Everton relating to their PSR breaches in 2021-22.
Fans have been hoping that Everton had turned a corner in terms of the Premier League’s spending rules, which currently allow clubs to lose a maximum of £105m over a rolling three-year period.
The noises coming from the club sounded positive – they have been adamant that PSR will not make them be held to ransom over the potential sale of Jarrad Brathwaite at Everton, for example.
In 2023-24, Everton became the first Premier League club to be punished for breaching PSR and were handed 10 (later reduced to six) and two-point deductions for separate offences.
The breaches in question came in the three-year periods up to 2021-22 and 2022-23, when they exceeded the £105m loss limit by approximately £20m and £16.5m respectively.
Everton escaped relegation by four points in 2021-22 and two points the following campaign.
That prompted Leeds – alongside Leicester, Burnley and Southampton, who were all among the clubs relegated in those seasons – to explore arbitration against Everton.
It emerged at the time that their claims could be for up to £100m each, but it was later reported that the complaints had been dropped for fear that they could send Everton into administration.
However, one industry authority believes that might not necessarily be the case.