Come on, Premier, dig a lot deeper
EVEN by football’s often crazy standards, the past week has been quite remarkable.
First came the news of ‘Project Big Picture’, which, if it had been backed, could have seen £250m winging its way into EFL coffers plus a 25 per cent share of future TV deals, which would have been negotiated jointly with the Premier League.
However, Premier League clubs threw out the plan, conceived by Liverpool and Manchester United and backed by EFL chairman Rick Parry, over fears it would put too much power in the hands of the &lsquo...