Liverpool and Arsenal were among ten Premier League teams to vote against a monetary deal with the EFL.
Top teams met on Monday to vote on a potential deal that could help the Football League’s other 72 clubs. However, the vote didn’t even come to fruition after part of the league made it clear it wasn’t worth discussing, with talks intensifying as it battles with the government.
A regulator is imminent, and if they try to force clubs to pay, they are in a position to go to court. The legal fees would be far less than the additional £836 million they would have to pay over five years.
The other eight clubs that opposed the prospect of giving more money to the EFL were Chelsea, Tottenham, West Ham, Aston Villa, Wolves, Nottingham Forest, Crystal Palace and Bournemouth. The possibility of cancelling the agreement altogether came up at an assembly in which the clubs participated.
The Daily Mail reported that the idea of a club being asked to provide monetary aid to a rival, who could use it to help them safely promote at the expense of a team that funded them, is “distasteful” and “unworkable”.
The Football Governance Bill, which is expected to be introduced next month, would have force and force clubs to comply with monetary regulations. It would then take several more months, potentially beyond a general election, to become law.
The Premier League had put forward a proposal to provide £836 million over five years, which would be in addition to the existing £110 million in solidarity bills and £40 million a year in funding for youth progression.
Gary Neville, co-owner of Salford City’s Ligue 2 team, has criticised the more sensible groups that have opposed the formation of the Football League. He said: “I’m more interested in the vote they didn’t get, which was for the rest of the Football League. “A league that they keep rejecting and it’s an absolute disgrace. At stake is the well-being of the game and the sustainability of the entire league.
“At the moment, the Premier League is being careless in its dismissive nature, just postponing it to a later date, thinking ‘maybe a regulator will fix it, maybe we will fix it’ and doing nothing. That’s not smart governance, it just shows me that they’re not dealing with the total game like they should.
“It makes me angry every time I see that they have a Premier League meeting and they seem to look out for themselves but not the rest of football. “
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