EPL: It’ll destroy mobility – Nottingham Forest react to four-point deduction

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EPL: It’ll destroy mobility – Nottingham Forest react to four-point deduction

Nottingham Forest on Monday night launched a scathing attack on the Premier League with a furious statement after they were hit with a four-point deduction.

Recall that Nottingham Forest have dropped into the relegation zone after the Premier League’s decision to punish the club for breaching profitability and sustainability rules.

Forest are now the second club in the Premier League to face punishment this season after Everton were slapped with a 10-point deduction, which dropped to six after an appeal.

Forest, who are likely to launch their own appeal, have been left absolutely angry and claim financial rules will ‘destroy mobility in the football pyramid’.

The club released a statement through their website which read: “Nottingham Forest is extremely disappointed with the decision of the Commission to impose a sanction on the Club of four points, to be applied with immediate effect.

“After months of engagement with the Premier League, and exceptional cooperation throughout, this was unexpected and has harmed the trust and confidence we had in the Premier League.

“This reasoning destroys mobility in the football pyramid and the effect of the decision will be to drastically reduce the room for manoeuvre for all such clubs, leading to the stagnation of our national game.

“We believe that the high levels of cooperation the Club has shown during this process, and which are confirmed and recorded in the Commission’s decision, were not reciprocated by the Premier League.”