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GILLS CHIEF SCALLY HITS OUT AT PREM ‘DISGRACE’

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The LeaguePaper Team
18 October 2020

By John Lyons

ANGRY: Paul Scally

FUMING Gillingham chairman Paul Scally has blasted the Premier League’s bailout plan for League One and Two clubs – and urged the Government to step up to the plate.
After a tumultuous week, EFL clubs remain on a financial tightrope. Project Big Picture, concocted by Liverpool and Manchester United and backed by EFL chairman Rick Parry, could have potentially given them a £250m windfall to ease immediate concerns.
However, there were fears it would have put too much power in the hands of the ‘Big Six’ top-flight clubs. And on...

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