Burnley, owned by Alan Pace, owner of RCD Espanyol, has received news that in the offices is celebrated almost like a goal in the 90th minute. An Independent Disciplinary Commission of the Premier League has ordered Everton to pay the club of Turf Moor a compensation of around 35 million pounds plus interest for the case linked to the breach of the profitability and sustainability rules, the famous PSR. ## The origin of the case: Burnley's relegation in the 2021-22 season Everything comes from the 2021-22 season, when Everton finished 16th and Burnley finished 18th, four points behind, relegating to the Championship. The club of Alan Pace understood that Everton's economic infringements had a direct impact on the competition. The argument was quite clear: if the sporting sanction had been applied in that campaign, Burnley would have stayed in the Premier League. And that, of course, in English football is not four coins. To descend there means losing a lot of money. ## Everton breached the PSR rules and Burnley asked for over 50 million The PSR rules allowed clubs to have maximum losses of 105 million pounds over a period of three years. Everton was sanctioned for breaching that framework and Burnley decided to claim damages. The initial request exceeded 50 million pounds, although the amount now set is around 35 million pounds plus interest. It's not what they asked for at first, but it's still a tremendous economic joy for Burnley. It's real money, not a pat on the back. ## The punishment to Everton had already marked a before and after The case of Everton was already loaded. In November 2023, an independent commission took away 10 points for breaching the Premier League's Financial Fair Play. It was a harsh penalty, the most powerful seen in England until then. Later the club appealed, in February 2024 they returned four points and in April they withdrew two. Come on, a big mess. But Burnley didn't stay there and went for an economic compensation for the damage suffered in that season. ## Everton will appeal and shows great anger Everton hasn't stayed quiet. The Liverpool club has already announced that it will appeal the decision and has issued a very harsh response. In its statement, it starts like this: “Everton Football Club is surprised and angry at the decision of an Independent Disciplinary Commission of the Premier League to order a payment of compensation to Burnley Football Club in relation to the breach of the PSR by Everton in June 2022.” Come on, they haven't taken the blow well at Goodison Park. ## The Liverpool club believes the ruling is flawed Everton's position is that the decision does not hold up in law or in fact. The statement leaves it black and white: “Everton has appealed the decision and is clear in its belief that the ruling is fundamentally defective both in law and in fact.” The club understands that it has already been punished for its breach and does not accept that this fact is related to Burnley's relegation. It's a serious fight, with expensive lawyers and many pages. ## Everton denies that Burnley's relegation was its fault