The Football Supporters’ Association has sounded an urgent alarm against Project Big Picture, saying the plan to reform English football is a “sugar-coated cyanide pill”.
Project Big Picture would drastically reshape club football in England during a time in which a host of teams below the Premier League face an existential crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic.
As part of the proposal, the EFL would be given a £250 million ($326m) bailout and The Football Association would receive a one-off £100m ($130m) payment as well.
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However, in exchange, the Premier League's nine longest-serving teams would be granted special voting status and with a two-thirds threshold required to approve any proposal, the division's 'big six' - Liverpool, United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and Tottenham - would have the power to unilaterally make changes.