‘Leicester City to face investigation’ after new twist

Everton and Leicester City are facing questions after accusations have emerged around advertisements for their gambling sponsors.

The Premier League clubs have both faced profit and sustainability (PSR) issues over the past couple of years, with Everton deducted eight points last season.

Everton could have to make a multi-million-pound payout to Burnley, who have claimed for compensation after insisting the breaches impacted them.

Despite being charged by the Premier League, Leicester avoided a points deduction after exploiting a loophole in the rules.

However, The Athletic reported on 21 March Everton and Leicester have now been accused by an anti-gambling body of breaching the Gambling Commission’s demands by advertising gambling firms, which are now unlicensed in the UK but whose controls against UK customers using the sites are easily bypassed.

The Coalition to End Gambling Ads has written to Everton and Leicester, who display Stake.com and BC.Game’s logos on the front of their shirts, and urged the Gambling Commission to take action against them.

Finance expert Stefan Borson exclusively told Football Insider there will have to be an investigation into the matter.

Premier League sides will no longer be able to sign up to front-of-shirt sponsorships with gambling firms from the 2026-27 season after they collectively agreed to withdraw from such deals.

Everton and Leicester to receive legal boost

Borson insisted he doesn’t believe anything will come of any potential investigation.

He told Football Insider: “There would have to be an investigation.

“But it seems to me that they must have looked at the rules on this.

“All of them must have looked at it.

“All of these clubs are continuing to take the money and advertise products that are not available in the UK, so I suspect they’ve done the work on it.