'If you broke the rules, you broke the rules - just suck it up'

Everton legend Neville Southall, speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live: "It has been coming so it is no surprise. But at the end of the day they knew it was coming and if they are doing Everton they are doing other clubs as well. Otherwise, it is discrimination against one club.

"All it will do is galvanise the players, the manager and the fans into one, which is a good thing, but they must appeal as that is what everyone does.

"However, if I was them I would just take it and get it out of the way. They are playing well and the Premier League is not a great league from the bottom half down, so we have a chance of winning that little bit of a league.

"It sounds harsh and horrendous but if you broke the rules, you broke the rules - just suck it up."