The Premier League are facing the threat of legal action from their own clubs who have accused them of failing to enforce their own spending rules.
Mail Sport revealed on Tuesday that Southampton, Leicester, Leeds, Nottingham Forest and Burnley have put the Premier League on notice that they will seek a total of £300m in compensation via an independent commission if Everton avoid relegation and are subsequently found guilty of breaching the spending limits.
The unhappy clubs are also considering bringing a parallel claim for damages against the Premier League on the grounds that they have not enforced rules which prevent clubs from posting losses of more than £105million over a three-year period.