Its largely due to your wage bill.

You're the club that spends the highest percentage of your revenue on wages. Others are up there too but you're up there the year before and the year before that and the year before that

Unlikely considering they sold Gordon and so have made a transfer profit the last couple of seasons.

All clubs have to submit their accounts by the end of December. If they are again over the loss threshold, Everton will receive another punishment. It was confirmed that a new breach of the Premier League’s profit and sustainability rules should be dealt with by the end of May.

You'll still hear it. Theres always that delay before it kicks in and somehow it makes the chants even more noticeable

So far this season he played every game that he was not suspended for with Barca

Last season he got played in all but 1 game that he was not suspended for. Including Copa Del Rey/ Supercopa/ CL

Season before that he was played in every CL and Europa league game that he was not suspended for. He wasn't picked for the first two league games of the season but played every single game afterwards including Copa Del Rey and SuperCopa where he wasn't suspended and 2 where he was positive for Covid