Everton manager Sean Dyche says the club hopes to hear the outcome of its appeal against a 10-point deduction "around the end of the month".
Everton appealed the Premier League's decision to dock them points for financial rule breaches in December.
"The guidelines that [the media] suggest, and we suggest, have been around the end of the month," said Dyche, whose side are currently fourth from bottom in the table.
"We will just have to wait and see."
Everton received an immediate 10-point deduction in November after being found to have breached the Premier League's financial rules in the three-year period to 2021-22.