Everton's explosive statement shows why Liverpool will be watching Man City situation

Everton have been deducted 10 points by an independent commission after being found guilty of a Premier League financial breach.

The Blues will appeal the punishment, stating in an official club statement that they believe the panel "has imposed a wholly disproportionate and unjust sporting sanction".

Yet as Liverpool’s local rivals concern themselves with what happens next at Goodison Park, it is another line in their statement that alludes to potentially even greater ramifications that could now follow.

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“The club will also monitor with great interest the decisions made in any other cases concerning the Premier League’s Profit and Sustainability Rules.’

Everton may not be the only ones. After all, as news of the Blues’ point deduction broke, the rest of English football responded with the exact same shared thought.

‘What might this mean for Man City?’

The punishment handed down to Everton is in response to one charge. Man City were referred to an independent panel in February for an alleged 115 breaches of league rulings between the period of 2009 and 2018. A five-year investigation from the league presented them with several different claims against the club.

During that period, City won three Premier League titles, an FA Cup and three League Cups.

From a Liverpool point of view, they would finish runners-up to the Manchester club in 2013/14, missing out by just two points, and the 2016 League Cup final. If City are proven guilty, such prizes have come at the Reds’ expense. Beyond Anfield, Manchester United, Arsenal, Stoke City and Sunderland will have also directly