Finance Guru: West Brom face 'notoriously difficult' player sales in June after EFL charge

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(Credit: Imago) Thu 7 May 2026 12:00, UK West Brom’s punishment appears to be “very unfair” after being handed a two-point deduction by the EFL. West Brom were charged with an alleged breach of the EFL’s financial rules for exceeding the £39m loss limit over the three-year period leading up to the end of 2024-25.

Financial MetricValueTurnover£30.4mBroadcast revenue£12.8mMatchday revenue£6.8mCommercial revenue£10.8mPre-tax loss£18.8mWest Brom’s accounts for last season (Credit: Kieran Maguire)Speaking exclusively to Football Insider, Borson discussed West Brom’s points deduction. “It’s probably less than £1m actually when you look at the points deduction.

The only thing that they can play around with really is going to be player sales in June, and those are going to be notoriously difficult.” Why EFL treated West Brom breach as ‘serious’ matterBorson insisted the EFL’s reasoning behind the points deduction will become clearer after the written reasons are made available. It’s considered serious at any level, whether you breached by 1p or £10m, it’s serious.