Birmingham City are in their eighth consecutive season in the ChampionshipBirmingham City will be deducted nine points by the English Football League for breaching profitability and sustainability rules, reports BBC WM. The sanction would see Blues drop from 13th to 18th in the Championship, five points above the relegation zone with eight games to play. Losses in excess of £13m per year over a three-year period are not accepted under EFL rules. They are the first club to be deducted points since the EFL introduced its new profitability and sustainability regulations at the start of the 2016-17 season. Six months previously, they were put under a transfer embargo, which was lifted before Championship clubs were warned at a meeting in September of potential penalties - as high as 21 points - for breaches of spending regulations.

Source: BBC March 22, 2019 11:12 UTC