Sheffield Wednesday accuse the EFL for allegedly “acting unlawfully” by bringing a misconduct charge against the Championship club.
The Owls are in dispute with the English Football League, who announced in November that the club breached multiple rules set by the league organisation in relation to the sale of Hillsborough and Financial Fair Play.
SWFC have issued the following statement.
— Sheffield Wednesday (@swfc) December 18, 2019
They sold their stadium for around £60million, which went on to help them post a pre-tax profit of £2.5m for the 2017-18 season.
That led to Wednesday getting the charge for trying to avoid breaching financial fair play rules.
This means that the club could face sanctions including a possible points deduction, something the EFL say they’re confident on doing, though the Owls say they were going to sue them.
They could be handed a 21-point deduction which according to The Athletic is being considered ‘the likely outcome among some clubs, though others within the game believe that the EFL could even push for Wednesday to face automatic relegation from the Championship and a points deduction from the start of next season.’
Birmingham were deducted nine points by the EFL for similar offences earlier this year.
Wednesday, who have denied all allegations put forward to them, issued a statement on Wednesday night that certainly got fans talking.
It read: “The Club has issued its claim against the EFL for acting unlawfully in relation to its alleged disciplinary charges.
“We have sought to engage with the EFL in order to agree a sensible procedure to resolve the dispute arising from the fact that the Club relied upon representations from the EFL in relation to the sale transaction which is the subject of the charges.
“The Club regrets that the EFL has so far refused to agree to the Club being permitted to make its claim, and refused to agree to a sensible procedure for dealing with the dispute.
“The Club will continue to take such steps as it considers necessary to protect and enforce its rights against the EFL and to protect it from unlawful action by the EFL affecting the Club and the performance of its team.
“The Club will not make any further comment at this stage.”
As we mentioned earlier in the article, the club statement got plenty of reaction on Twitter with the majority praising chairman Dejphon Chansiri and slammed the EFL – see what they wrote on the next page.
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