FA chairman Greg Clarke is under pressure to reveal his full involvement in the Project Big Picture proposals after he reportedly initiated the process with Chelsea chief Bruce Buck in January.
Two days after the proposals were leaked to The Telegraph, Clarke was highly critical of the plans to reshape English football, revealing he 'discontinued his involvement' in late spring 'when the principal aim of these discussions became the concentration of power and wealth in the hands of a few clubs with a breakaway league mooted as a threat.'
But The Guardian are now reporting that Clarke initiated the whole process back in January, in a meeting with Buck who later invited Ed Woodward, John Henry and Rick Parry who are the leading execs at Manchester United, Liverpool and the EFL respectively.