Leicester City £100m action plan revealed in worst-case scenario

[Grebfromgrebland]

Leicester City will reportedly sue Everton for £100m if the Foxes are relegated from the Premier League this season and the Toffees survive.

 

The Daily Mail claim that if City are relegated they will join forces with the two other relegated clubs to sue Everton for a total of £300m.

 

 

It is said Leicester, Southampton - who are already relegated - Nottingham Forest, Leeds United and Burnley have told the Premier League they believe they are entitled to compensation from Everton if they are found guilty of breaching spending rules.

 

Leicester City's King Power Stadium (Image: Alex Pantling/Getty Images)

Leicester City will reportedly sue Everton for £100m if the Foxes are relegated from the Premier League this season and the Toffees survive.

 

The Daily Mail claim that if City are relegated they will join forces with the two other relegated clubs to sue Everton for a total of £300m.

 

 

It is said Leicester, Southampton - who are already relegated - Nottingham Forest, Leeds United and Burnley have told the Premier League they believe they are entitled to compensation from Everton if they are found guilty of breaching spending rules.

 

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Everton were charged in March with alleged spending breaches and await a disciplinary hearing.

 

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It is said Leicester and the other four clubs have been denied in a request for that disciplinary hearing to be fast tracked so any sanctions, which includes a possible points deduction, could be imposed on Everton this season.

 

While the five clubs have joined forces at this stage, it is reported that the £300m claim would only be pursued by those clubs who suffer relegation at the end of the season, if Everton stay up.

 

Burnley could reportedly pursue a separate case, having been relegated from the top flight last season.

 

With Southampton’s relegation to the Championship already confirmed, Leicester and Leeds are also currently in the relegation zone.

 

Everton - who deny any wrongdoing - are one point above the drop zone in 17th place and Forest are three points clear of danger in 16th place, with two matches left to play.

 

In other news Ric Flair had decided to support Nottingham Forest.

[StanSP]

I don't think anything will happen, really. 

 

A slap on the wrist and suspended points deduction, perhaps. 

[shailen]

Only way we stay up 😂

[Sol thewall Bamba]

The masterplan is to blame someone else  

[Grebfromgrebland]

I'd be amazed if this went anywhere but if we did go down then I hope are successful in this.

 

Everton have taken the Micky out of FFP and have probably stayed up the last 2 seasons through its abuse whereas we didn't strengthen the squad or possibly renew contracts which is at least partially to blame for our current malaise.

 

 

[GingerrrFox]

After taking into account acceptable losses for COVID they’ve still broken the financial rules massively. £223.1 million losses are circa £118 million over the threshold. This stuff matters because abiding by the rules stopped us from going out and signing players last summer. It’s a scandal that Reading had points deducted this season for going £6 million over the acceptable losses and Everton are gonna get off with it until the summer. 

[Tommy G]

Use Becky Vardys lawyers, should do the trick.

[Tuna]

Just now, Tommy G said:

Use Becky Vardys lawyers, should do the trick.

I don't think the lawyers were the problem in that case!

[Tommy G]

Just now, Tuna said:

I don't think the lawyers were the problem in that case!

Indeed, tongue in cheek 

[Finnegan]

Has this ever, ever, ever, EVER worked? 

 

Every few years a relegated club seems to sue over something. Do they ever actually to anywhere? 

[Tuna]

Just now, Finnegan said:

Has this ever, ever, ever, EVER worked? 

 

Every few years a relegated club seems to sue over something. Do they ever actually to anywhere? 

Sheff Utd got 20 million compo over the Tevez/Mascherano business.

[Oldblueyes]

But I thought Rooney's lawyer was better?

[weller54]

Just give us Demarai Gray back and we'll call it quits. 😂

[st albans fox]

Just now, Finnegan said:

Has this ever, ever, ever, EVER worked? 

 

Every few years a relegated club seems to sue over something. Do they ever actually to anywhere? 

 sheff Utd got a payment from West Ham  (20m) over the tevez issue 

 

I still think the correct way to go here is for the PL to fine Everton and distribute to the teams that have been relegated 

Everton have broken the rules of the PL - not sure how we can have a legal case against them rather then the PL for not enforcing their rules 

[Fox92]

The state of our club.

[filbertway]

I really hope there's not a grain of truth in this. The leadership at the club is pathetic enough, pulling a stunt like this would be embarrassing and deserve thousands outside the training ground and stadium in protest

[MattFox]

Rudkin and Whelan the true football pioneers strike again

[Footballwipe]

 as if Everton wouldn't take us to every court in the land appealing this in the 0.1% chance this actually succeeded.

 

Would probably be 2029 before we even saw a penny if all the appeals failed.

 

Pathetic projection from our board. I wonder whether they'd actually take any responsibility if Everton came down with us. After all, there'd be no-one else to blame then.

 

Can we also make sure we pre-empt the whataboutery that'll come from A) administration in 2002-3 and B) promotion and the FFP fine in 2013-14. Not saying it's right but you know it's the first thing Everton and other fans against this will turn to.

[joachim1965]

Desperation.

[Swarles Barkley]

Knowing our luck, Everton get a points deduction and Leeds stay up

[Balj]

Whether it helps us or not if FFP is to mean something Everton should be sanctioned - they've flagrantly breached for at least the past 2 seasons and it can't be with impunity. Transfer ban, points, fine are all possible sanctions. The age this will take (as Everton will appeal) means it's likely to be a while.

[Gamble92]

It is pathetic from the club, but it does make a mockery of the rules we have had to abide by and the rules that have meant we can't spend anything. 

 

Unlike the deluded media though, I think even if Rodgers spent £60million in summer it wouldnt have been in the slightest bit a different outcome. 

[boosmanana]

Right, so rather than accept we've been shit and working on our own shortcomings we're going to point the finger elsewhere and keep our head stuck in the sand? Sounds about right 👍 😂

[egg_fried_rice]

You’d have to prove that Everton’s rule breach led directly to our relegation. Which is basically impossible to do.

[Stadt]

Desperate.

 

Will anybody show any accountability for this mess? We get some programme notes and a press release once a season if we're lucky. Scandalous mismanagement.