‘Going To Be Ripped Up’ – Nottingham Forest Exclusive: Wyness stunned by new twist

The “ham-fisted” modification in Premier League financial rules that may impact Nottingham Forest and Everton has been criticized by Keith Wyness.

The 66-year-old, who ran a football consultancy advising elite clubs after serving as CEO at Goodison Park from 2004 to 2009, stated other clubs “won’t be punished for something Everton and Nottingham Forest have been nailed for” in an interview with Football Insider’s Inside Track podcast.

Premier League clubs voted on Monday (11 March) to introduce new financial regulations which will cap spending on wages and transfer fees to a percentage of a club’s overall revenue – which will reportedly be around 85%.

The change will replace the current Profitability and Sustainability Rules (PSR)- which had previously permitted clubs to lose only £105million over three years.

‘It doesn’t seem fair’, says Wyness on Nottingham Forest rule change

Everton have already been handed a six-point deduction for a breach of PSR rules, and the Merseysiders were charged – alongside Nottingham Forest – for a separate breach earlier this year.

Wyness suggested other clubs may escape punishment with the rules set to be “ripped up”.

“If any other clubs are about to go over the threshold in their three-year cycle, those rules are going to be ripped up.

“What Everton and Nottingham Forest have been judged on, that no longer applies to other clubs.

“It just seems a very ham-fisted way to have handled this. It doesn’t seem fair.

“These ceilings have been moved upwards, and other clubs won’t be punished for something Everton and Forest have been nailed for.”