Chance to call for an end to PSR

PREMIER LEAGUE SPEAKING TO CLUBS ABOUT POSSIBLE CHANGES TO SPENDING REGULATIONS THAT SAW TWO POINTS DEDUCTIONS

- By JOE THOMAS Everton FC Correspondent

EVERTON will have the chance to call for the end of the Premier League financial rules that twice saw the club deducted points.

English topflight bosses are currently speaking to its clubs about the Profitability and Sustainability Regulations (PSR) that have been in place since 2015/16.

Under that system, a club can record £105m of permissible losses over a three-year cycle before facing sanction. Everton breached that limit in consecutive years, suffering a cumulative deduction of eight points as punishment.

Premier League chief Richard Masters has now confirmed his organisation is looking at potential alternatives to a system critics say locks in the competitive advantage of the most successful clubs. He defended the PSR system in the process, but it is clear alternative schemes are under consideration.

They include Squad Cost Ratio (SCR) - similar to the system used by UEFA.

SCR ties club spending on squad-related costs to its total revenue. For those competing in Europe, that means spending is limited to 70% of revenue.