The League Paper

IT COULD BE WIN OR BUST FOR EFL CLUBS…

by
The LeaguePaper Team
18 October 2020

SUCH is the desperate financial state of clubs in the EFL, it was assumed the Premier League had the organisation over a barrel.
Here’s a bailout, but if we say dance, you’d better tango.
The EFL’s decision to reject a £50m rescue package for League One and Two suggests otherwise, but they are playing a dangerous game of poker.
That rejection was motivated by a desire for a fairer – and permanent – distribution of the Premier League’s wealth, and predicated on the looming threat of state intervention.
The UK government is furious at what it sees as ...

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