- PL chief executive Richard Masters spoke at DCMS hearing
- 777 Partners bid for Merseyside club could still take ‘weeks’
The chief executive of the Premier League, Richard Masters, has confirmed that a date has been agreed to hear the 115 charges brought against Manchester City and acknowledged a delay in assessing 777 Partners’ offer to buy Everton, as he sought to show MPs the top flight remains committed to reform of English football.
Speaking at a hearing of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Masters would only offer that the Everton investigation could hopefully be completed within weeks, after processes were complicated by a lack of satisfactory answers from the American investors. Neither would he share details on the City hearing, which has been reported as likely to take place before the end of the season. Meanwhile, Masters’ English Football League counterpart, Rick Parry, also had to acknowledge that the current crisis at Reading involving their owner, Dai Yongge, is a new problem for the League.
Continue reading…PL chief executive Richard Masters spoke at DCMS hearing777 Partners bid for Merseyside club could still take ‘weeks’The chief executive of the Premier League, Richard Masters, has confirmed that a date has been agreed to hear the 115 charges brought against Manchester City and acknowledged a delay in assessing 777 Partners’ offer to buy Everton, as he sought to show MPs the top flight remains committed to reform of English football.Speaking at a hearing of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Masters would only offer that the Everton investigation could hopefully be completed within weeks, after processes were complicated by a lack of satisfactory answers from the American investors. Neither would he share details on the City hearing, which has been reported as likely to take place before the end of the season. Meanwhile, Masters’ English Football League counterpart, Rick Parry, also had to acknowledge that the current crisis at Reading involving their owner, Dai Yongge, is a new problem for the League. Continue reading…
