Chelsea and Man City could both be booted out of the Premier League if they are found guilty of Financial Fair Play breaches, according to reports.
Nottingham Forest became the latest club to be punished by the English top flight after an independent commission decided to dock them four points over their own breaches of its Profit and Sustainability rules.
The Premier League have claimed that the club exceeded their PSR threshold by as much as £34.5million in the pertinent period, with the club now dropping into 18th in the relegation zone on 21 points. An appeal will likely follow.
It came after Everton were also punished with a points deduction over breaches - initially standing at ten points before it was reduced to six.
Now City and Chelsea have been warned they face expulsion from the top flight if they are found to have breached regulations.
Manchester City are awaiting the outcome of 115 charges brought against them by the Premier League at the start of last year, with a trial date set by bosses but yet to be officially confirmed.
Chelsea, meanwhile, have not been charged over financial breaches but there have been fears that the club could soon be punished after spending more than £1billion since being taken over by Todd Boehly in May 2022.
The Sun highlighted a warning from three men in the comission who dolled out the punishment to Forest that could spell trouble for Man City and Chelsea.
Robert Glancy KC, Mark Hovell and Steve Holt wrote how unlimited sanctions ranged 'from a warning through to expulsion from the Premier League'.
They added in their 52-page document: 'Where a PSR breach is "minor", then it will be for other Commissions to determine if any points deduction is necessary, appropriate or proportionate.
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