Premier League Warning
Former Manchester City financial advisor Stefan Borson has sent Chelsea a warning over their Premier League status amid ongoing uncertainty over the club’s Financial Fair Play (FFP) irregularities.
This comes after fellow Premier League team Everton were deducted 10 points for breaching the Premier League financial fair play rules. The deduction made the team shift its position on the Premier League table from position 14 to 19.
Everton was charged over claims of  breaching FFP regulations after recording financial losses of £371.8 million over a three-year period when the competition’s limit is £105m.
Borson has admitted that Chelsea’s relegation is genuine and open .
“Without seeing the judgement/award – 10 points for Everton feels harsh for a straightforward FFP breach to me,” he said.
“But reinforces that sanctions against City [if proven] and now Chelsea [if charged and admitted on the off-books payments] will be potentially relegation inducing.
“One thing is for sure, given the scale of this sporting sanction, Chelsea’s calculus [in my opinion] that they could breach PL P&S [Profit and Sustainability] and just take a fine as a cost of doing business, must be in urgent and immediate reconsideration.” he added.
Manchester City and Chelsea to face the risk and will be looking over their shoulder. Chelsea therefore face a threat of having points deduction or multi-billion pound fine.
