'Mistake' - Keith Wyness worries for club whose case against Everton could backfire
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(Credit: Imago) Tue 19 May 2026 13:23, UK Burnley could regret starting a legal case against Everton as a settlement has yet to be reached on the matter. That is the view of former Everton chief executive Keith Wyness, speaking to Football Insider, after Burnley were believed to be suing the Toffees for £50million.
The case was not mentioned in Burnley or Everton’s latest set of accounts, and there has been no indication that it has been resolved.Burnley claim they missed out on extra revenue in the 2021-22 season when the Clarets suffered relegation from the Premier League in the same year Everton were charged with breaking profit and sustainability rules.Premier League relegation will hit Burnley again this season, whilst Everton are set for a mid-table finish with the outside chance of European qualification on the final day.Burnley case is being ‘resolved’Everton’s former chief Keith Wyness – who served as CEO at Goodison Park between 2004 and 2009 and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs – believes the lack of updates around the case are due to it being “settled” behind the scenes. MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES Speaking on the new edition of Football Insider‘s Inside Track podcast, Wyness thinks that Burnley’s owners should have “defended their club” in a different way.Revenue£71.7mBroadcast Revenue£12.9mMatchday Revenue£5.9mCommercial£6.9mBurnley’s 2024-25 financial accounts.He told Football Insider‘s Inside Track podcast: “Burnley were wrong to have done this.
“So I still believe that it’s being settled, and that’s what the delay has been about, in getting that paperwork sorted out and resolved. “It’ll hopefully go away because Burnley probably realised the mistake they made in starting this sort of thing, because it may come back to bite them one day and that’s how karma works in football a lot of the time.”Leeds register interest in Burnley strikerBurnley’s latest relegation from the top flight means that the club can expect to lose a couple of their star players this summer.Striker Zian Flemming has hit 10 Premier League goals this season, proving to be a rare bright spark in a bleak campaign for the club.Sources have told Football Insider that Leeds are aiming to win the race for Flemming, who is attracting plenty of interest.