Everton ordered to pay Burnley £35 million over PSR breach

Everton Football Club has been ordered to pay Burnley a compensation fee exceeding 35 million pounds following a landmark legal ruling on Wednesday, June 10, 2026. The Premier League’s independent disciplinary commission ruled in favor of Burnley’s claim that Everton’s financial rule breaches in the 2021-22 season caused the Lancashire club’s relegation.

The dispute stems from Everton’s breach of the Premier League’s Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR) for the accounting period ending in June 2022. For that breach, Everton was initially deducted 10 points in November 2023, a penalty later reduced to six points on appeal in early 2024. Burnley successfully argued that had that six-point deduction been applied in the 2021-22 season itself, Everton would have been relegated instead. In that season, Everton finished 16th with 39 points, four points clear of 18th-placed Burnley.

The commission awarded Burnley 26 million pounds in damages plus 9.1 million pounds in interest, a total exceeding 35 million pounds. Reports indicate the final sum, with additional interest, could approach 40 million pounds. Burnley had initially sought approximately 51 million pounds in compensation for...