Simon Jordan has criticised Andy Burnham for his recent comments about Everton’s point deduction.
Speaking on talkSPORT (November 29, 11:43), the former Crystal Palace owner hit out at Burnham’s claims and called them a ‘non-story’.
Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester and an Everton fan, has been very vocal in his criticism of Everton’s ten-point deduction recently.
The 53-year-old took to X at the weekend to share the formal complaint he had registered with the Premier League about their treatment of the Toffees.
Burnham went on to hold an interview with Sky Sports discussing the controversial punishment and the upcoming appeal, though he then informed the Daily Mail that they had opted against broadcasting it.
He said: “I don’t know why it wasn’t broadcast and I’d very much like an explanation.
“As a former Cabinet Minister, I don’t expect third parties to decide what I can and cannot say.
“There seems to be a wider picture here with views expressed by Evertonians at the game being silenced too. I find all this very troubling. They’ve have denied us our points. It surely can’t be right to deny Evertonians our voice as well?”
Burnham then took to X again and claimed ‘something strange’ is going on behind-the-scenes, after thousands of Everton fans claimed that the Premier League is ‘corrupt’.
Despite Burnham receiving a lot of support from his fellow supporters, Simon Jordan really isn’t convinced by his claims.
“No one’s censoring you, they just chose not to use it in the context of the running order,” Jordan told talkSPORT.
“Look, the bottom line is that it’s a non-story and it’s creating this idea that, he goes on about ‘A bit more respect for this grand old club’… You’ve breached the rules, we’re now talking about the appeal.
“It’s really simple. If you go to the appeal and this football club has been treated shoddily, and the rules have been adapted and the sanctions were changed.This idea that there’s corruption involved… There might have been a bad decision, but the beauty of a bad decision is you get an appeal. All of this goes to an appeal, and if this appeal is held in a timely fashion, guess what happens? Those 10 points change and they become something different.”
Can Andy Burnham and Everton inspire change?
Andy Burnham has every right to be frustrated that his interview didn’t air, especially when so many football fans have felt ignored by the Premier League for years.
But thankfully, the club were able to get their message out during the defeat to Manchester United. The support and protests were praised by journalists and players at the weekend, and it certainly won’t stop there.
Hopefully Everton are the club to finally inflict some much-needed change to the Premier League.
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