Everton have been deducted two points for another breach of the Premier League’s Profitability and Sustainability Rules (PSR). 

Before the points deduction was announced, Everton sat 15th in the Premier League table, four points above the bottom three. 

They now drop below Brentford into 16th place on 27 points, two points and two places above 18th-placed Luton.

According to the written reasons published by the independent commission handling the case, Everton breached their allowed spending of a £105m loss over three seasons by £16.6m. The Premier League and the commission initially wanted to impose a five-point deduction on the club, but it was reduced to two on mitigating factors.