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Smaller clubs at risk of ‘funding their direct rivals in the EFL’
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‘Other European leagues have a levy on Uefa income’
A number of mid-ranking Premier League clubs are lobbying for a percentage of the biggest teams’ Uefa revenue to be used to help fund a new financial settlement with the English Football League.
Talks over the so-called New Deal for Football have been in stasis since midway through the 2023-24 season, when the Premier League put negotiations on hold after failing to get the support of clubs for a funding deal for the lower divisions that would have been worth £880m over six years. The newly created Independent Football Regulator has been charged by the government with reviving the discussions and has been given backstop powers to impose a settlement if the parties are unable to agree. Divisions within the Premier League over how to pay for it remain.
Continue reading…Smaller clubs at risk of ‘funding their direct rivals in the EFL’‘Other European leagues have a levy on Uefa income’A number of mid-ranking Premier League clubs are lobbying for a percentage of the biggest teams’ Uefa revenue to be used to help fund a new financial settlement with the English Football League.Talks over the so-called New Deal for Football have been in stasis since midway through the 2023-24 season, when the Premier League put negotiations on hold after failing to get the support of clubs for a funding deal for the lower divisions that would have been worth £880m over six years. The newly created Independent Football Regulator has been charged by the government with reviving the discussions and has been given backstop powers to impose a settlement if the parties are unable to agree. Divisions within the Premier League over how to pay for it remain. Continue reading…