Newcastle United managed to agree a deal with Everton to sign Anthony Gordon a year ago and Sean Dyche alluded to that sale in mitigation as he discussed the Toffees’ financial issues
Sean Dyche has asserted that under normal circumstances, Everton would not have sanctioned the transfer of Anthony Gordon to Newcastle United. However, the financial difficulties faced by the Toffees compelled them to make the move.
Everton, currently appealing a 10-point deduction for losses incurred in the 2021-22 season, is now under investigation by an independent commission for potential violations of profit and sustainability regulations in the previous season’s accounts.
The Premier League, in a recent statement, disclosed that both Everton and Nottingham Forest have acknowledged breaching the regulations, which stipulate that top-flight clubs are allowed maximum losses of £105 million over a three-year period.
The specifics of Everton’s recent accounts, which are yet to be released, cover the period when Gordon was transferred to Newcastle for a fee that could reach £45 million. Dyche alluded to this mid-season sale when addressing the club’s current financial challenges.
“I have been here approaching a year and in my timeline and certainly by the recent stats and facts, I think we’re in the bottom three or four net spend over the last three or four seasons so there’s the start point of the club motioning to do things correctly,” the Everton boss told reporters. “Since I’ve been here, we let players go out of contract. Some we would have kept but we couldn’t do that.
“We have been working hard to lower everything here. We sold three young players in the timelines we were given to make sure the money was in. We wouldn’t normally have sold those young players quite obviously.”
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