Leicester City could face a points deduction if they are found guilty of breaking Premier League spending rules
All bets are off where Leicester City are concerned after being charged with an alleged breach of the Premier League's Profit and Sustainability rules. That's according to football finance expert Stefan Borson, who also believes Leeds United's promotion rivals' decision to open legal proceedings could end up working against them if they are found guilty.
'The worst case scenario when you resist them in a way that they seem to be resisting is that you effectively sacrifice the mitigation that Nottingham Forest received. “So you immediately effectively say ‘We're kissing goodbye to two or three points of mitigation’. What that means, of course, is that it puts you straight in towards the top end of the range that is now being established in the cases that we've seen.
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