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Premier League says proposals to overhaul English football could be ‘damaging’
THE Premier League has expressed its disappointment that EFL chairman Rick Parry is supporting “damaging” radical plans for an overhaul of the top flight.
Among the controversial proposals outlined in the plans, called Project Big Picture, are a reduction in the Premier League to 18 teams, greater power given to the so-called “big six” and the abolition of the League Cup and Community Shield.
In return, 25 per cent of the Premier League’s annual income would go to EFL clubs.
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