Homepage
Accessibility links
BBC Account
Live
Notifications
More menu
Search BBC Search BBC
Close menu
BBCSport All Sport All Sport
All Sport
A-Z Sports
More from Sport
Premier League clubs accused of 'empty promise' on EFL funding
Last updated on 7 hours ago 7 hours ago . From the section Football
The plan for an independent regulator in English football was recommended by a fan-led review in 2022
Premier League clubs have been accused of making an "empty promise" about a new funding deal for the English Football League (EFL).
A meeting between clubs on Monday ended without an agreement on a 'New Deal'.
Dame Caroline Dinenage, chair of the Culture, Media and Sport committee, accused clubs of "parking the bus".
Premier League clubs were recently told that failure to reach a funding deal with the EFL would mean one being imposed on them.
"The longer this deadlock goes on, the more the stated commitment from Premier League clubs to striking a deal with the rest of the pyramid looks like nothing more than an empty promise," said Dinenage.
"With the richest teams in the country continuing to park the bus to block a financial settlement, the Premier League's number should now be up and the government must urgently introduce its much-trailed legislation to bring an independent regulator into play.
"Every day that goes by without an agreement threatens the financial sustainability of clubs in communities up and down the country."
BBC Sport has contacted the Premier League for comment.
The EFL has a board meeting on Thursday, where the continued absence of a deal will be high on the agenda.
It had been expected the Premier League would emerge from Monday's meeting with tangible proposals to put forward to the EFL.
The overall sum, which would be partly tied to future TV revenues, is expected to be around ?900m over six years.
But a Premier League statement said the clubs had agreed to introduce a new competition-wide financial system.
It said that progress on a deal with the EFL was subject to the new system being approved by clubs.
"It's an absolute disgrace," former England and Manchester United defender Gary Neville, who is also a co-owner of Salford City, said on Sky Sports on Monday.
"It is about the welfare of the game and the sustainability of the whole league."
The UK government confirmed a new independent regulator in English football in February. Among its purposes is to ensure a fair distribution of money filters down the English football pyramid from the Premier League.
"The Premier League at this moment in time are negligent in their dismissive nature, just pushing it down the road, thinking 'maybe a regulator will sort it, maybe we'll sort it' and not doing anything," added Neville.
"That's not good governance, it just demonstrates to me that they are not looking after the whole game like they should be.
"It angers me every time I see they have a Premier League meeting and seem to look after themselves but not look after the rest of football."
Top Stories
Champions League: Arsenal level tie against Porto & Napoli have hope in Barca
Live Live
From the section Football
Watch Partick Thistle v Raith Rovers - Murray heads visitors ahead
Live Live
From the section Football
Championship: Boro lead Blues after McGree wonder strike
Live Live
From the section Football
Elsewhere on the BBC
Could this be the greatest title race yet?
Mark Chapman, Chris Sutton, Steph Houghton and Rory Smith debate the weekend's football
Can new evidence solve aviation?s greatest mystery?
Ten years after the Malaysian Airlines flight disappeared, new technology may explain why
Frank Skinner's baffling review of online reviews
If you'd review Ben Nevis online as 'very steep and too high', this show salutes you!
The journey of a lifetime, which ended in disaster
Space Shuttle Columbia's tragic final mission remembered by the astronauts' families and colleagues
Also in Sport
Join the BBC Sport WhatsApp channels
Who could be 'worth every penny?' Garth Crooks' Team of the Week
Top five moments from Six Nations week four
Six Nations talking points from round four
Jokic inspires Nuggets to victory against Raptors
F1 Q&A: Your questions answered after Saudi Arabian GP
Relive Pepe?s controversial moments as Porto face Arsenal
France out-muscle Wales to win in Cardiff
?Monumental? - how Nunez & Van Dijk make difference to Liverpool's title bid
'Not the beginning of the end, but the end of the beginning' - questions for Stokes and McCullum
Kane sets hat-trick record as Bayern thrash Mainz 8-1
With 10 games to go, who will win Premier League?
How to follow your Premier League team on the BBC
Everything you need to know to make sure you never miss a moment.
Today's football gossip
The latest rumours and stories from around the world of football.
Phil McNulty
Analysis and opinion from our chief football writer.
How to get into football
How to get into football - the most popular sport in the world, with clubs and facilities throughout the UK.
Explore the BBC
Copyright ? 2024 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking

One company is developing a new way of transferring energy from sea to shore, and it's all powered by the wind.