Birmingham city will be deducted 9 points by the English football league for breaching profitability and sustainability rules.

Birmingham will now drop from 13th to 19th on the championship log with just 8 games to go.Recall that losses in excess of 13 million pounds is against the EFL rules, and they become the first club to be deducted points since the EFL introduced its new profitability and sustainability regulations at the start of the 2016-2017 season.