Premier League chief questioned for FFP verdict after Man City 'guilty' claim and Arsenal wait

The Culture, Media and Sport Committee (CMSC) has written to Premier League chief executive Richard Masters just weeks after he addressed a select parliamentary board regarding charges handed out to Nottingham Forest and Everton for breaches of profit and sustainability rules (PSRs). The latest comments come in the same week that UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin also spoke out regarding previous allegations and treatment of Manchester City from the European governing body.

As world football continues to go down a rabbit hole of monetary uncertainty, Masters openly referred to the existence of 'small clubs' and has been picked up for his wording as well as the current structure in place to make these historic calls. Penned by CMS chair Dame Caroline Dineneage, the letter reads, «Dear Richard, Thank you for appearing before the Committee on 16th January 2024. I am writing to follow up on points raised during the session.

»Firstly, when discussing the charges laid against Everton FC and Nottingham Forest FC for breaching the Premier League’s Profit and Sustainability rules, you said the rules “are for everybody. They are not just for small clubs.” 1 I would be grateful if you could clarify what criteria the Premier League uses to classify ‘small clubs’ and which clubs it regards as small."

The letter continues to question the decision-making processin which an independent commission concluded that Everton should be handed a 10-point penalty for breaching rules regarding an allowed loss of £105million over a rolling three-year period. “We have an open sanctioning regime," Masters said at Westminster earlier this month.

«It is an active decision to leave it to the independent panel to decide because it gives it maximum