Clarets compensation fight after relegation

EVERTON are set to defend themselves against a compensation case pursued by Burnley over their relegation from the Premier League in 2022.

- By JOE THOMAS

The Clarets are thought to be seeking in excess of £50m - money they claim they lost after falling out of the top flight that year.

Everton were later deducted six points for financial breaches relating, in part, to that season.

Burnley's case will likely centre on the premise that, had the punishment been applied in the same campaign as the breach, they could have stayed in the Premier League at the expense of the Blues.

That position is now set to be tested in a hearing scheduled to begin this week at the International Dispute Resolution Centre for Arbitration and Mediation in London.

The case is rooted in the first league prosecution of Everton for breaches of its profitability and sustainability regulations (PSR).