Football: Nottingham Forest points will be deducted

Setback in the relegation battle

Points deducted – Nottingham is penalized

A bitter setback for Nottingham Forest: ex-Nati player Remo Freuler’s team has four points deducted in the middle of the relegation battle.

Published: 23 minutes ago

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Nottingham (here striker Chris Wood) will be deducted four points.

Everton have already hit it, now Nottingham Forest has to believe in it. The Premier League club has four points deducted for financial misconduct. That’s what “The Athletic” wrote on Monday afternoon.

The reason: Nottingham has taken on too much debt in the last three years. A rule in the Premier League states that a club can only have a loss of up to £105 million once in a three-year period. Nottingham has exceeded this limit by around £23 million.

Money owed to players

Since promotion in 2022, the traditional club has spent over 250 million pounds and not even earned 100 million. Since then, the English have signed 42 players and spent around £250 million. In the summer of 2023, “The Athletic” revealed in a report that Forest still owes money to both its players and various advisors. Shortly afterwards, the club sold some players, including Nati player Remo Freuler (Bologna), and the Premier League initiated proceedings.

Doubly bitter: With the point deduction, Nottingham slips into a direct relegation zone. After all, there is a chance of appealing the decision within two weeks. The league’s ruling has not yet become legally binding. (par)

Premier League 23/24

team

SP

TD

PT

1

Arsenal FC

28

46

64

2

Liverpool FC

28

39

64

3

Manchester City

28

35

63

4

Aston Villa

29

18

56

5

Tottenham Hotspur

28

17

53

6

Manchester United

28

0

47

7

West Ham United

29

-4

44

8

Brighton & Hove Albion

28

6

42

9

Wolverhampton Wanderers

28

-2

41

10

Newcastle United

28

11

40

11

Chelsea FC

27

2

39

12

Fulham FC

29

-1

38

13

AFC Bournemouth

28

-11

35

14

Crystal Palace

28

-15

29

15

Brentford FC

29

-13

26

16

Everton FC

28

-10

25

17

Luton Town

29

-18

22

18

Nottingham Forest

29

-16

21

19

Burnley FC

29

-34

17

20

Sheffield United FC

28

-50

14