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PROTECTING THE PREMIER LEAGUE PIE ISN’T PRIORITY FOR ALL

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The LeaguePaper Team
5 October 2025

TOM Wagner’s comments about financial redistribution are a classic example of the tone-deaf disconnect between corporate suits and actual football supporters.
Wagner, whose Knight-head consortium owns Birmingham City, said that the EFL should “not take too much” from Premier League clubs, whose interests should be “protected at all costs”.
“If you have a situation where the top teams are not dominant, I mean internationally, with the very best players and product, then the interest will wane,” he argued. “Particularly from the US...

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