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'Project Big Picture is a sugar-coated cyanide pill' - FSA issues call to arms over 'insatiable greed' of Premier League's billionaire owners

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.