Leicester City will AVOID ‘double jeopardy’ over their spending breach down to EFL rules, but the Foxes are still expected to be charged by the Premier League

Leicester will avoid the so-called ‘double jeopardy’ of being punished twice for the same spending breach despite facing charges for breaching the Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR) in two consecutive seasons.

The Premier League is expected to accuse Leicester later this month of breaching spending during the 2020/23 accounting period, while the EFL has already publicly warned the club that it is expected to breach the rules for the 2021/24 seasons. which ends on June 30.

Everton have expressed anger at the prospect of being punished twice for the same offense after being charged twice by the Premier League for offenses between 2019/22 and 2020/23, an argument expected to form a key part of his defense when the The second case will be heard next month.

However, despite the similarities between the two cases, Mail Sport has learned that Leicester are not in the same danger due to differences in the rules applied by the Premier League and the EFL.

Under EFL regulations, clubs that have already been penalized for non-spending have their losses for that season limited to the maximum level permitted for the purposes of next year’s calculations, a figure which is £35m a year for a Premier League club and £13m in the EFL.

The club were relegated last season but will face a Premier League charge.

The Foxes currently lead the Championship and are in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup

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In the case of Leicester, the EFL will limit their losses for the 2022/23 season to £35m regardless of how much they lose when their accounts are published later this month, a quirk of the rules that gives them a greater chance of avoiding be collected for the 2021/24 period. Championship leaders can also avoid charges by selling players before June 30.

Differences between Premier League and EFL rules will raise further questions over the viability of PSR regulations, after Mail Sport revealed yesterday that Leicester dodged sanctions this season by claiming to be a Premier League and EFL club. EFL at the same time.

Leicester were not forced to comply with the Premier League’s new fast-track system for spending breaches this season, having been relegated last season, but also avoided being subject to an EFL spending plan this year on the grounds that it had been a first-class club. for most of the accounting period.

It was only eight years ago that Leicester shocked the world by winning the Premier League.

The Premier League allows clubs to run the risk of double jeopardy to prevent them gaming the system by overspending in the first two years of the accounting period before cutting back in the final year.

The EFL’s approach is more lenient, arguing that if clubs get into financial trouble and are punished for overspending, there is little chance of them correcting the situation if their losses simply repeat.