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The Premier League and EFL will align their spending rules after Leicester exploited a loophole to dodge sanctions.
From next season the Premier League’s fast-track reporting system, which requires clubs to file their previous season’s accounts by December 31, will also apply to clubs who have been relegated.
The aim is that any punishment for a spending breach will be applied that season. Leicester avoided having to comply with those rules this season, as by the time the new regulations came in last June they had already been relegated.
The club could be hit with two points deductions next season, however, as they are at risk of exceeding limits for two periods ending with the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons.
The latter process is being run by the EFL, but a points deduction would also apply in the top flight if they win promotion.
Leicester City chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha is pictured at a match last year. His club have managed to exploit a loophole in the Premier League and EFL rules
That loophole is set to be closed, and Enzo Maresca's Leicester could face two points deductions next
