Everton are not the only outfit left furious with the Premier League this season.
Nottingham Forest are unsurprisingly far from happy either, but also the rest of those battling relegation have been left hamstrung by association with these two sides seeking to attain safety.
The lack of certainty has plagued their entire campaign, with nobody knowing the reasoning behind this PSR controversy or when it might end.
And given it has dominated the media for so long now, many within it too are getting bored of it. Sam Matterface, one commentator, noted just that as he spoke on his podcast earlier today.
TalkSPORT pundit Scott Minto fumes at the Premier League
Speaking on talkSPORT’s Premier League All Access podcast with Matterface, former Chelsea defender Scott Minto was left furious with the unruly chaos that the Premier League have provoked with their slow ambiguity throughout this process.
He would note: ‘The Premier League will do what the Premier League wants to do and if it feels like it should fall within UEFA then it will. But whether it is UEFA, whether it is the independent regulator, whether it’s a combination of the two, the bottom line is I don’t think anyone genuinely thought it would go to a points deduction. I think people were just factoring in a fine.
‘Now it has gone to points it’s really interesting because I’ve heard some people say why not try to appeal because you’re not going to get extra points, I’ve heard other people say, including Crookey that you can, that’s a big decision to make because if you can’t get any extra points why wouldn’t you try to appeal. If you can, phew, that’s a massive gamble.
‘The biggest farce of all of this is that this still could not be decided by the end of the season, and I can’t believe the Premier League have let themselves get in this situation.’
What is the Premier League’s PSR?
Well, the varying scale of the actual punishments administered would suggest that not even the Premier League know the true inner workings of their own profit and sustainability rules.
But, the official statutes note that a club within their sphere is only allowed to lose a maximum of £105m across any three-year rolling period.
So, for Everton’s first charge, they were tried against the 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 seasons.
Now, with their second trial imminent, that moves onto the 2020/21, 2021/22 and 2022/23 seasons.
Should a club outspend those regulations though, that is when the ambiguity is truly sparked. There are no set-in-stone punishments, and the two cases have been tried very differently.
As such, PSR remains a flawed process, which is set for a revamp this summer.