Have behaved in all of this, they say they are dismayed by the tone and content of the Premier Leagues submission which they say has harmed the trust and confidence in the league. They say the eight points deduction that was sought by the Premier League was utterly disproportionate, they say the Premier League gave no consideration to the unique circumstances and mitigation was put forward by forest. And they make the point about other clubs that are coming up from the championship, aspiring ambitious clubs who want to notjust survive in the Premier League but thrive in the Premier League against those big established clubs. They do say this does harm to that possibility of clubs doing well when they have these rules in place. And central to this whole case is the losses that theyve accrued but particularly since they were promoted to the Premier League, the spending spree that they went on but also the sale of brennanjohnson to tottenham hotspur, that happened in the middle of a trans
The luton town fans sung. And they werent wrong. Two days on and forest were ruing another result not as an independent Commission Found them guilty of breaching Commission Profit and sustainability rules by £34 million. And docked them four points, plunging them into the bottom three below luton with nine games to play. Last month, everton were docked six points for breaching the same rules, reduced from ten on appeal and face another possible point deduction this season. Within this 50 page judgment, the Premier League insisted that Sporting Sanctions are the only way to meaningfully disincentivise overspending by clubs. But the result is, a teams fate in the league could be determined by a lawyers performance in a boardroom rather than players on a pitch. And that doesnt sit well with some. A league exists and excels on its Sporting Integrity and i think when you have table that may have two asterisks in it and possibly three at some stage, that is a big problem for Sporting Integr
And sustainability rules by £34 million. Doctorthem and sustainability rules by £34 million. Doctor them four points, plunging them into the bottom three below luton with nine games to play. Last month, everton were docked six points for breaching the same rules, reduced from ten on appeal and face another possible Points Deduction this season. Within this 50 pagejudgment, the Premier League insisted that Sporting Sanctions are the only way to meaningfully Dis Incentivise overspending by clubs. The result is that a teams fate in the league could be determined by a lawyer S Performance in a boardroom rather than players on a pitch, and that doesnt sit with some. League exists and excels on at sporting integrity, and i think when you have a table may have two risks in it, possibly three at some stage, that is a big problem for sporting integrity. But it has been more than a year since champions Manchester City were charged with more than 100 alleged Rule Breaches and forced fans arent
play, champions league, so, yeah. we have to be in the top four, so next year we re back in the champions league and of course we have the fa cup, so there are still many things to pay for. let s bring you up to date with the other results on tuesday. we ve mentioned it, but the surprise package of the group stages, fc copenhagenjoining bayern munich in the last 16 courtesy of that win at home against galatasaray. in group c, napoli go through with real madrid worth noting that napoli s second goal was scored by the newly crowned african footballer of the year, victor osimhen. in group a, lens will be heading to the europa league after they beat sevilla 2 1 and courtesy of the 1 1 draw between arsenal and psv eindhoven in the netherlands. arsenal manager mikel arteta happy with his side s return to europe s premier competition. very positive overall, six or seven years without being in the competition with a team that hasn t got a lot of experience, i think we have compet
crowned african footballer of the year, victor 0simhen. in group a, lens will be heading to the europa league, after they beat sevilla 2 1 and courtesy of the 1 1 draw between arsenal and psv eindhoven in the netherlands. arsenal manager mikel arteta, happy with his sides return to europe s premier competition. very positive overall, six or seven years without being in the competition with a team that doesn t have a lot of experience, i think we have competed very well. i really like the approach of the team in every single game, the way we have tried to play and dominate opponents. we have some big results, and big experiences as well. newcastle united manager eddie howe believes wednesday s champions league match with ac milan has got all the hallmarks of being a special game . newcastle must see off the italian side at st james park to reach the knockout stages and hope paris st germain do not beat already qualified borussia dortmund. newcastle are third in group f, lev