Nottingham Forest docked 4 points for overspending and drops into EPL relegation zone
Nottingham Forest has been deducted four points for overspending
Nottingham Forest was deducted four points on Monday for overspending, dropping the team into the Premier League relegation zone with nine games remaining.
Forest was found to have breached the league profitability and sustainability regulations, which typically allow clubs to lose a maximum of 105 million pounds ($133 million) over a three-year period or face sanctions.
Forest's assessment period ended in 2022-23 and therefore included two seasons when the club was in the second-tier Championship. For that reason, Forest was permitted losses of up to 61 million pounds ($77 million) in its first year back in the Premier League last season and the club went above the threshold by 34.5 million pounds ($44 million), having made an unprecedented 21 offseason signings at a cost of $160 million following promotion.
The team managed by Nuno Espirito Santo fell from 17th to 18th — one of the three relegation places in the league — and onto 21 points. Luton, on 22 points, climbed out of the relegation zone as a result.
«We (have) got to take it on the chin and just keep moving forward,” Forest goalkeeper Matt Turner said during a news conference at the U.S. training camp in Arlington, Texas.
“Points deduction aside, we've been our own worst enemies in a lot of ways this entire season. So we have all of it in our control. Some of the games that we have coming up are teams in and around us, and if we can control those games and get some wins, then hopefully the point deduction shouldn’t really matter.”
The sanction was issued by a three-person independent commission following a hearing this month.
Forest didn't immediately say if the club would appeal against the
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