Finance expert reveals ‘most likely scenario’ ahead of Southampton & Middlesbrough spygate decision

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“They’ll establish that there was a breach of the rules and it’s not the first time they’ve done it, and they’ll want to send a signal that it’s not acceptable. “Now, I’m not sure it would be appealable if that’s what they come up, just because there’s not a lot of guidance and the appeal board will have to defer in many ways to whatever they came up with.

“They might not win an appeal if that was the decision that they’re thrown out the play-offs, but it just seems to me that it’s unlikely.” How Southampton could avoid points deduction next seasonBorson revealed a points deduction is only anticipated if Southampton remain in the Championship next season. “The most likely scenario is that they get a points deduction for next season if they’re in the EFL, and probably not a points deduction in the Premier League,” said Borson.

“I guess it’s possible that they say, ‘If you’re in the EFL, it’s six points. If Southampton would have got promoted, they could have handed over the whole thing, but they wanted to get it done before the play-off.