LEICESTER CITY have been hit with a six-point deduction and are now at risk of relegation to League One.
The Foxes got away with points penalties in recent years.
But now they have been slapped with the heavy hit after an independent commission recommended the punishment for breaching financial regulations.
The EFL confirmed the deduction of six points, which puts the managerless King Power club on the brink of the Championship drop zone.
They now sit 20th in the table on 32 points, down from 38.
They are out of the relegation zone on goal difference and have lost their last two matches – at home to Oxford and Charlton.
An EFL statement said: “The EFL notes the decision of the independent Disciplinary Commission, appointed under Premier League Rules, which has confirmed that Leicester City FC breached the Profit & Sustainability Rules in the three-year reporting period ending with Season 2023/24.
“On consideration of all relevant factors, the Commission has recommended a deduction of six points.
“The EFL Board has met to consider the decision and determined that the sanction should be applied to the Championship table with immediate effect.”
The Premier League added: “Upon Leicester City’s promotion to the Premier League in 2024, the EFL’s investigation into the club’s alleged breaches of the P&S Rules transferred to the Premier League.
“Following an Arbitration Tribunal’s decision in March 2025 that confirmed the Premier League had jurisdiction, Leicester City were referred to an independent Commission in May 2025.
“During a week-long hearing in November 2025, Leicester City raised a range of legal challenges regarding the applicability of the relevant Rules and the Commission’s ability to impose a sanction on the club, all of which were rejected.
“These included a claim that the relevant rules were in breach of competition law.
“The Commission accepted the club’s submissions as to the length of the relevant assessment period and that a particular accounting policy relating to player costs should apply to reduce the club’s losses in its 2022 annual accounts.
“Having done so, it determined that the club had breached the relevant P&S threshold by £20.8million over the three-year assessment period (2022-2024).
“The Commission found that the club’s refusal to provide its annual accounts to the Premier League by the relevant deadline was a breach of Premier League Rules.
“It also dismissed a claim by the club that it had demonstrated exceptional cooperation throughout the proceedings.
“Following agreement by the parties, and consistent with the relevant guidelines, the Commission agreed that the club’s improving financial position over the relevant assessment period was a mitigating factor.
“Under EFL Regulations, as Leicester City is currently a Championship club, the EFL Board today ratified the Commission’s recommendation of an immediate points deduction.”
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