Liverpool have been fined £200,000 for fielding an ineligible player in their 2-0 Carabao Cup win over MK Dons last week, but will be free to continue in the competition.
The EFL statement read: “The EFL Board has today fined Liverpool FC £200,000 – of which £100,000 will be suspended until the end of Season 2020/21 – for having breached the Rules of the Carabao Cup by fielding an ineligible player against Milton Keynes Dons in a Carabao Cup match on 25 September.
“The circumstances leading to this breach are that Liverpool FC had not received international clearance for their existing contracted registered player, Pedro Chirivella Burgos, on expiry of his loan agreement last Season with Spanish club Extremadura Union Deportiva.
“Following a comprehensive review of all the evidence, the Board determined that it wasn’t appropriate to expel the Club from the Competition because of a number of mitigating factors.”
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