As a result of the deduction, Everton now only have four points from 12 games and are placed 19th in the league table.
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It has been a tough few days for Everton supporters after the club was stripped off 10 points for allegedly breaching the Premier League’s profit and sustainability rules. While the point deduction was expected to happen for a while now, still, it was tough for their fanbase to take it. Massive debates have happened since, with some feeling the punishment is justified while others do not agree with it. Jamie Carragher is the latest pundit to have his say on it.
The former Liverpool and England defender feels the punishment is “excessive,” however he does not feel the 10-point deduction is enough to guarantee relegation for Everton in this Premier League season. “I think it’s excessive. We’re talking about £20m – it is a small figure when you think of the Premier League now and transfer fees. There’s talk about other clubs being upset that Everton were buying players that they shouldn’t have done,” Carragher, who is a pundit now, told Sky Sports News recently.
He added: “But they’ve have been working with the Premier League over the last couple of years and I don’t understand why, over the last few transfer windows, the league didn’t say to Everton that they couldn’t bring in a certain player they wanted to? It just feels to me, to take points off clubs is really tough. That punishment has to be the last resort. You can have a transfer embargo, a fine, especially for a club like Everton right now, where they have spent over £20m.”
As a result of the deduction, Everton now only have four points from 12 games and are placed 19th in the league table. However, Carragher feels the form of the clubs in and around Everton in the table will help the Toffees to survive the drop. “Of course, it will hurt the fans, but it will galvanise them. They will feel the world it against them. It won’t make Manchester United’s job any easier when they go to Goodison Park next Sunday. If truth be told, if you were ever going to get a points deduction at any point in the Premier League era, it would probably be this one,” he stated.
He added: “I know Everton are fighting against this, but they will be in the Premier League next season even with this points deduction. I’m pretty certain of that. I think Everton will be fine. We all agree there are three teams who have struggled in the Premier League, you feel for them as they have come up from the Championship. You talk about the battle for 40 points, if you get over 30 you have a great chance of staying up. That’s no disrespect to Burnley, Sheffield United and Luton, they’ve just found it really difficult for whatever reason.”
Since Everton have started picking up important points in recent games, Carragher feels the club will stay up under Sean Dyche’s management if they keep up this recent good run of form. “If you look at the size of the club of Everton, the team they have and the experience Sean Dyche has and the fact they have won five out of the last seven, they will go into these games in great form. Dyche has great experience at Burnley and with Everton last season. We’re seeing a different Everton, he’s stamping his authority. We’re seeing they’re getting the results they deserve from their home games at the start of the season. If they continue in the vein of form they’re in, they’ll be fine,” he explained.
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