Fans of Everton have been reacting to a report which has stated some financial speculation on the Toffees if the Premier League returns behind closed doors.
According to Football Insider, the Toffees may be set to lose £15 million if the Premier League is played behind closed doors over the 2020/21 season (via @ToffeeTVEFC), which fans reacted to.
Reports have came out today from Football Insider claiming Everton may lose around £15m from loss of gate receipts if matches are played behind closed doors throughout 2020-21. #efc pic.twitter.com/YM0qvJvHdW
— ?????? ?? (@ToffeeTVEFC) May 3, 2020
Don’t worry, Uncle Alisher will put some money in Farhads Christmas card ??
— Jöth (@DonCarlo1878) May 3, 2020
It’ll effect clubs who rely on tourism far more
— BeerGuzzler (@BeerGuzzler1878) May 3, 2020
Not as worrying as it is for those clubs who have gate receipts 5x more than ours. The same with commercial income, others could lose a lot more than us.
— John Blain (+) (@John_B58) May 3, 2020
Are you against the idea of the Premier League being behind closed doors for the 2020/21 season?Yes, would be terrible
No, it's a good idea
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The report from Football Insider comes after Sky Sports revealed that Premier League clubs are preparing for the possibility of the whole of next season being played behind closed doors.
However, after the news was relayed to social media by @ToffeeTVEFC, supporters continued airing their reaction to the touted loss in finance.
A bit worrying
— TheBullensView (@TheBullensView) May 3, 2020
If every game is played behind closed door clubs will make fortunes from extended tv rights. Sky by Amazon would probinly double their current deal to show all matched
— forever_blue (@forever_blue82) May 3, 2020
FFP surely has to be relaxed or even scrapped this summer (even next few windows), as the amount of teams suffering similar (or more severe)financial losses are going to crush the game if we dont see some major leniency.
— Matt ?? (@Matt_S_1982) May 3, 2020
More games on TV would be great to replace the lost revenues b
— Richard (@lazyrichie) May 3, 2020
What do we think?
As can be seen in the responses from these Everton supporters, some of the Goodison Park faithful are more worried about the report than others are.
However, as some fans suggested, the Premier League’s ‘big six’ would be hit hardest as they would lose between £55 million and £110 million each if next season was played behind closed doors (per Football Insider).