“How can teams expect to change the landscape relatively quickly without being allowed to spend money? How are they expected to compete?”- Simon Jordan questions PL motive behind Forest points deduction as he suggests PSR and FFP rule is rigged to let only big clubs thrive
Nottingham Forest have been deducted four points this season for breaching financial fair play regulations and now, Simon Jordan has had his say.
It’s been a pretty turbulent season for the Reds. Much like last season, the team goes into their final five games of the season with their Premier League status still not secured.
Things should have been so much different for Forest this term. Decent players were added in the summer but once again the team has often struggled.
Still, with five games left to play, Forest do have enough games to turn things around and they still have to play Everton, Sheffield United and Burnley.
Home games are to come against Manchester City and Chelsea before the end of the season and Forest can’t afford to hide. Hopefully, a team won’t be relegated based on a points deduction and football can be the deciding factor in all of this.
Now, Jordan has spoken about the situation and it’s fair to say that he doesn’t really agree with it at all.
The TalkSPORT pundit – and former Crystal Palace chairman – is never backwards in coming forward with an opinion. Once again he appears to have hit the nail on the head and he’s expressed that he does have some sympathy with Forest.
Jordan doesn’t think the current rules are fit for purpose and he has proposed that the Premier League looks at how they do things.
He told the Simon and Souness podcast: “I’ve changed my view, there has to be some governance and some control but also on the other side of it how can Nottingham Forest come up from the Championship and have a different set of parameters to teams who are in the Premier League?
“They’re not allowed to lose the same amount because they’ve had two years in the Championship and they’re still expected to compete in the Premier League.
“How can teams expect to change the landscape relatively quickly without being allowed to spend money? There are better ways to do what they’re doing at the moment.”
It’s hard when there is a real sense of injustice but Forest can take the financial fair play stuff out of their hands by winning football matches.
Right now, the Reds are pinning their hopes seemingly on getting some points back and any of the four they’ve lost that are returned would be useful.
It’s all very messy this financial fair play stuff and both Forest and Everton will feel a sense of injustice with the deductions.
Jordan is right in fairness and Forest fans will agree. For two of the three-year cycle that Forest have broken, the club were in the Championship and that doesn’t feel wholly fair.
