The drama continues in the English Premier League after Everton's deduction of 10 points. Now, Tottenham is under scrutiny for the transfer of Jermain Defoe to Portsmouth in 2008 for around £7.5 million. They conducted the deal with a third-party without the proper FA license before the transfer took place. Recently, the FA stated they would review the case if there is new evidence indicating serious violations of principles. If found guilty, they could face a points deduction. After a convincing winning streak at the start of the season, Spurs have hit a rough patch with two recent defeats. And now, the looming threat of a points deduction hangs over them. If points are deducted, their chances in the title race seem bleak. Will we lose a contender for the championship?
That was almost 16 years ago and the FA still has to carry out a review? It's quite strange and maybe there will be accusations because this news was spread when Tottenham was a contender for the English Premier League title. Of course, if they received sanction in the case from a dozen years ago, it would be very detrimental to Tottenham, and if they received a point deduction, it wouldn't just be the team that was being in the top five will benefit, but Manchester United and several teams below will also rise in ranking.
It looks like this week Burnley doesn't have a chance to win because their next opponent is West Ham. Vincent Kompany's squad continues to experience defeat every week and places them in the bottom position by only collecting 4 points from the 12 matches they have played. As an EPL promotion team this season, of course these results are very bad and they will likely be relegated if they don't win again. West Ham, led by David Moyes, will try to continue its winning trend after previously managing to beat Nottingham with a score of 3-2. This will also be West Ham's comeback after in the last 5 matches they were only able to achieve 1 win.
West Ham is in a downward trend compared to the start of the season where they performed better than in recent matches. Burnley is indeed a team whose performance is quite bad, but in this match, they have odds that are not much different from West Ham, so it can be predicted that Burnley has a chance to get their second win this season, especially since this is Burnley's home game and maybe Vincent Kompany will be able to find a weak spot in their skuad so it performs below expectations and fix it.