EFL chairman namechecks Leeds United as Premier League blasted over ‘mind-blowing’ £900m news
Despite a £900 million agreement being struck, BBC Sport said on its website on Friday, February 9 that the top-flight teams were “not in a position” to clinch a deal with the EFL because of disagreements over where the money should come from.
In response to the news on Twitter on Saturday, February 10, Accrington CEO Holt stated that the 14 non-permanent Premier League members are preventing the deal from going through. However, he also said that it is “mind-blowing” that the “big-six” were permitted to exploit the FA and EFL when the league was restructured in 1992.
Leeds United should get a say on the issue
Given that certain Premier League clubs are preventing an agreement to pay the EFL from going through, this is a very tricky situation.
Following their contribution to the formation of the current English football pyramid, the elite clubs, who earn enormous sums of money annually, owe it to the teams below them to assist them.
Despite the fact that this is by far the greatest league in the world, the extreme greed at the top may spell the end for football in this nation as we know it.
Holt is correct when he says that it is wholly inappropriate for teams like Burnley, who played in the Championship in the previous year, to have any influence over Leeds and even Leicester City, the reigning Premier League winners.
The big clubs stand to gain from the system, while everyone else is left to fend for themselves. To ensure the long-term survival of the entire pyramid, not just the fortunate few, it must be altered.