Former Premier League winners hit with points deduction for breaching PSR

The deduction will be implemented immediately

In a statement, the Premier League "recommended that an immediate six-point deduction be imposed on Leicester City FC in the Championship."

Leicester's ban will take affect in the Championship, as a result of their relegation to the second division last season.

The story was first reported on by British journalist Ben Jacobs, who revealed that the case relates to the 2023/24 season.

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The six-point deduction will leave Leicester level on points with 22nd placed West Brom in the Championship, putting them in immediate danger of falling down into League 1.

The decision was revealed in a statement by the Premier League.

It reads: "An independent Commission has recommended that an immediate six-point deduction be imposed on Leicester City FC in the Championship, having found them to be in breach of the EFL Profit and Sustainability Rules (P&S Rules) for Season 2023/24.

"Upon Leicester City’s promotion to the Premier League in 2024, the EFL’s investigation into the club’s alleged breaches of the P&S Rules transferred to the Premier League. Following an Arbitration Tribunal’s decision in March 2025 that confirmed the Premier League had jurisdiction, Leicester City were referred to an independent Commission in May 2025.

"During a week-long hearing in November 2025, Leicester City raised a range of legal challenges regarding the applicability of the relevant Rules and the Commission’s ability to impose a sanction on the club, all of which were rejected. These included a claim that the relevant rules were in breach of competition law.  

"The Commission accepted the club’s submissions as to the length of the relevant assessment period and that a particular accounting policy relating to player costs should apply to reduce the club’s losses in its 2022 annual accounts. Having done so, it determined that the club had breached the relevant P&S threshold by £20.8million over the three-year assessment period (2022-2024).

"The Commission found that the club’s refusal to provide its annual accounts to the Premier League by the relevant deadline was a breach of Premier League Rules. It also dismissed a claim by the club that it had demonstrated exceptional cooperation throughout the proceedings. Following agreement by the parties, and consistent with the relevant guidelines, the Commission agreed that the club’s improving financial position over the relevant assessment period was a mitigating factor.

"Under EFL Regulations, as Leicester City is currently a Championship club, the EFL Board today ratified the Commission’s recommendation of an immediate points deduction."