Or they should be relegated from the Premier league and forced to apply for entry to the football league who could reject them or allow them to join division 2. Decisions for the rest of the Premier league, do 3 teams still go down, or does man city occupy one of the relegation spots. Also does the Premier league replace them or go forward with 19 teams instead, all valid options.

This penalty I think is reasonable (I am prepared for the appeal to go either way) but it would be unreasonable to allow other clubs to claim that they would have avoided relegation and Sue Everton for a suggested £300 million sending the club into a death spiral.

If there is a case those clubs should sue the Premier league for failing to create a set of rules they can administer in a timely fashion.

Also I will be looking at other clubs being judged to the same standard.