Forest wait on appeal continues

Nottingham Forest are still waiting to discover if their appeal against a four-point deduction for breaching profit and sustainability rules has been successful.

The appeal was held last Wednesday but, unlike the independent commission which heard Forest’s initial case, there is no seven-day time frame for it to be resolved.

Last year the Premier League brought in rules to fast-track PSR cases so breaches were handled within 12 weeks, with the punishment applied that season.

Forest were charged in January and were docked four points in March with the process falling within that time.

Before the new fast-track rules, Everton’s first case took around eight months, from when they were charged in March 2023 to having an initial 10-point penalty handed out in November last year.

The Toffees appealed and had it reduced to six while they are also appealing a second two-point deduction for a separate breach.

Forest had to appeal their punishment within seven days, with a committee needing to be assembled a week later before a date was set.

But while an outcome is expected soon there is not the same timeframe attached to an appeal decision apart from the backstop of 24 May, which is five days after the final games of the Premier League season, for all cases to be resolved.

Forest’s case will certainly be finalised before the end of the season.

Nuno Espirito Santo will be speaking to the media at 13:30 BST on Thursday.