Overview

• Everton Football Club has been docked 10 points, the heaviest punishment ever given to a Premier League club, for breaching the league's profitability and sustainability rules.
• Everton is now 19th in the league table and open to potential compensation claims from other clubs, including Leeds United, Nottingham Forest, Southampton, Leicester City and Burnley.
• Everton has announced its intention to appeal the decision, calling the sanction 'wholly disproportionate and unjust'.
• The appeal is expected to be formally filed by the end of the week and heard later this season.
• Everton's appeal is likely to focus on mitigating factors for the breach and the issue of disproportionality.