Overview
- An independent Appeal Board on Wednesday upheld Leicester City’s six-point penalty for breaching spending rules and dismissed the Premier League’s push to add a further point.
- The confirmed sanction keeps Leicester 22nd in the Championship, one point from safety with five fixtures left, and Portsmouth above them have a game in hand.
- An independent commission found the club exceeded the English Football League’s permitted loss limit of £83 million by about £20.8 million across the three-year period to June 2024.
- Leicester accepted the verdict and said the focus is now on results, starting with Swansea City’s visit to the King Power Stadium on Saturday.
- The Premier League brought the charge in May 2025 and the EFL handled the case after Leicester’s relegation, with the appeal panel chaired by Lord Dyson alongside Sir Gary Hickinbottom and Daniel Alexander KC.