“The commissions are arguing that because you spent extra money, you must have gained a sporting advantage, i find it very hard to see how Everton gained a sporting advantage”- Former Everton CEO Keith Wyness fumes about bias & unfair Toffees treatment by Premier League

Former Everton chief Keith Wyness has claimed the Toffees were treated differently to Nottingham Forest in their first points deduction hearing.

Speaking on the new edition of Football Insider’s Inside Track podcast, the 66-year-old – who served as CEO at Goodison Park between 2004 and 2009 and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs – insisted a “standardised system” should be put in place for dealing with financial charges to ensure fairness.

In a new revelation on Monday (18 March), Nottingham Forest were handed a four-point deduction for breaching Profitability and Sustainability Regulations (PSR) after overspending by £34.5million over the last three seasons.

That is despite Everton being given an initial 10-point penalty (reduced to six after appeal) for breaching the rules by £19.5million.

An independent commission of law experts accused the Toffees of supplying “misleading information about stadium financing costs” in their report on the breach.

‘It’s very difficult to say that each case has been handled exactly the same’, says ex-Everton CEO

Wyness claimed a different panel could have taken a different view on Everton’s submissions.

He told Football Insider‘s Insider Track podcast: “The commission found that Everton supplied objectively misleading information in the first case.

“But the problem is that with a different independent panel looking at each case, different people are taking different views on what happened.

“That’s adding to the confusion – because people have different views on what is misleading or not.

“Until you have a standardised system in place, it’s very difficult to say that each case has been handled exactly the same.

“The commissions are arguing that because you spent extra money, you must have gained a sporting advantage.

“I find it very hard to see how Everton did gain a sporting advantage. It’s a club at the lower end of the table, losing games.

“It’s such a subjective view that has been taken.”