Nottingham Forest have been unsuccessful in their appeal against their four point deduction.
In March, Forest were deducted four points for breaching Profit and Sustainability Rules and lodged an appeal.
Forest admitted to their PSR breach having overspent by £34.5million over a three-year period and would have been hit with a six-point deduction.
However, that was reduced to four after the independent commission praised their ‘excellent co-operation’.
Forest are currently three points above the drop zone with two games left to go.
Nottingham Forest are yet to officially comment on their unsuccessful appeal.
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They face Chelsea at home and Burnley away in their final two games of the season.
However, they were scathing about the Premier League in a previous response to their initial deduction.
“We were extremely dismayed by the tone and content of the Premier League’s submissions before the Commission,” the club said.
“After months of engagement with the Premier League, and exceptional cooperation throughout, this was unexpected and has harmed the trust and confidence we had in the Premier League.”
The club also pointed to the Brennan Johnson transfer that took place outside the PSR reporting period, but still in the same window.
Had they sold him earlier, for a lower fee, then the club would likely have met the rules.
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