What new Premier League FFP punishment decision means for Arsenal and Chelsea with 'luxury tax'

Five months ago, no Premier League side had ever been docked points for breaching effective financial fair play rules. By the time the 2024/25 season starts in August there could be four cases of teams being punished.

In an unprecedented attack on its own, the league has clamped down on sides making consistent losses. Everton are six points down on appeal but have another possible sanction to come. Nottingham Forest have lost four from their own case and Leicester City face trouble whether they get promoted from the Championship or not.

Manchester City remain somewhat in the background to it allas their unprecedented 115 charges hangs as a total unknown over everyone. How this all plays out in the short and long-term is unclear, how the table will look come the end of the season is still but a guess and there is no surefire confirmation that it all won't linger on into the summer.

It is in this world thatthe Daily Mail report that punishments could be set to change. Moving away from the current points deduction benchmark, it is said a system with taxes for overstepping the mark that could be imposed in a 'radical change.'

What is described as a 'luxury tax' is set to be voted on by the league — which is by principle the 20 current sides — later this year. It is said to have already been discussed in meetings with the current model not deemed to be working.

The idea for such a change would be to financially deter teams from going over the loss-making threshold — currently at £105milion across a rolling three-year period for Premier League sides — with a tax. As something used in some American sports, it would provide heavy punishment alongside sporting sanctions.

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