THREE Premier League clubs fearing points deductions with charges set to be handed out on PSR D-Day

PREM club chiefs could face points deductions – when League bosses lay formal charges for breaching Profitability and Sustainability Rules last season.

All the clubs who had posted aggregate losses over the previous two seasons had a hard deadline for their 2023-24 accounts on December 31.

Prem club chiefs could face points deductions for breaching Profitability and Sustainability Rules

Under rules voted in by the clubs in 2023, charges must be then laid by League bosses within 14 days, with the cases dealt with and any punishments imposed before the end of this campaign.

Clubs are limited to “allowable losses” – once spending on infrastructure, the youth and women’s teams and community projects is taken off – of a maximum £105m over three seasons, with the limit £22m less for any seasons spent outside the Prem.

Last term, Nottingham Forest were deducted four points for busting their £61m loss limit by £34m.

The City Ground club admitted in March that they were on course for PSR losses of between £12m and £17m.

That is despite finally being able to include the £47m sale of Brennan Johnson to Spurs in their calculations.

But the previous losses meant they entered the season already £9m OVER their 2023-24 loss limit of £83m.

Meanwhile, Everton – who had already been hit with a six point penalty for breaches the previous season – lost two more for posting losses of £16.5m.

The Toffees, now under new ownership, were looking at a loss of around £90m for the previous two campaigns and were once again sailing close to the PSR wind.

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Those sales were part of an end of season transfer merry-go-round which also saw Everton pay £9m for Villa’s Tim Iroegbunam, Chelsea sell Ian Maatsen to Unai Emery’s men for £37.5m and buy youngster Omari Kellyman for £19m.

Those deals led to Prem chiefs warning clubs that they must not use loopholes in the rulebook to avoid PSR penalties and that they are duty bound to act “with utmost good faith” towards the competition and rivals.

There were arguments that charging each other potentially inflated fees – with incoming transfers “amortised” over contract lengths while sales can be lodged at full book value – to get round PSR provisions was a breach of that undertaking.

Leicester, who successfully argued they were not under Prem jurisdiction because they had been relegated to the Championship last season, are thought to be most at threat after cumulative losses of £124m for the final three seasons before they were relegated.

But it is understood that two other clubs may be close to the cut line and could find their figures queried by Prem legal chiefs, opening them up to charges that could have major repercussions.