EFL want £1bn from Premier League over five years

The English Football League wants top flight clubs to hand over more than £1bn during the next five years in order to end the long-running impasse over a financial redistribution deal.

Sky News has learnt that Premier League clubs were told yesterday that their lower-league counterparts were demanding £207m-a-year from them as negotiations over football's New Deal reach another critical juncture.

Under a proposal tabled during the summer, the Premier League offered more than £1.5bn over ten years to the EFL in addition to funding already provided by the top flight.

Further talks are understood to have taken place last week between directors of the two leagues, with David Kogan, the Independent Football Regulator's chair, also in attendance.

Those discussions reportedly coalesced around a potential ten-year payment worth an average annual sum of £180m, but the EFL is understood to be seeking £207m each year over five seasons - totalling £1.035bn.

Any revised offer from the Premier League would need to be put to a vote of its clubs, with time running out before the IFR publishes its inaugural State of the Game report in mid-October.

The Premier League, EFL and IFR all declined to comment.

The English Football League wants top flight clubs to hand over more than £1bn during the next five years in order to end the long-running impasse over a financial redistribution deal.

Sky News has learnt that Premier League clubs were told yesterday that their lower-league counterparts were demanding £207m-a-year from them as negotiations over football's New Deal reach another critical juncture.

Under a proposal tabled during the summer, the Premier League offered more than £1.5bn over ten years to the EFL in addition to funding already provided by the top flight.

Further talks are understood to have taken place last week between directors of the two leagues, with David Kogan, the Independent Football Regulator's chair, also in attendance.

Those discussions reportedly coalesced around a potential ten-year payment worth an average annual sum of £180m, but the EFL is understood to be seeking £207m each year over five seasons - totalling £1.035bn.

Any revised offer from the Premier League would need to be put to a vote of its clubs, with time running out before the IFR publishes its inaugural State of the Game report in mid-October.

The Premier League, EFL and IFR all declined to comment.

Ned this as gone on for years and last time heared it was 10yr deal so obviously efl feeling brave and changed the goalposts? Wonder if its not to down to the fact the commissioner is threatening to enforce an agreement on both parties if dont reach agreement soon!

The English Football League wants top flight clubs to hand over more than £1bn during the next five years in order to end the long-running impasse over a financial redistribution deal.

Sky News has learnt that Premier League clubs were told yesterday that their lower-league counterparts were demanding £207m-a-year from them as negotiations over football's New Deal reach another critical juncture.

Under a proposal tabled during the summer, the Premier League offered more than £1.5bn over ten years to the EFL in addition to funding already provided by the top flight.

Further talks are understood to have taken place last week between directors of the two leagues, with David Kogan, the Independent Football Regulator's chair, also in attendance.

Those discussions reportedly coalesced around a potential ten-year payment worth an average annual sum of £180m, but the EFL is understood to be seeking £207m each year over five seasons - totalling £1.035bn.

Any revised offer from the Premier League would need to be put to a vote of its clubs, with time running out before the IFR publishes its inaugural State of the Game report in mid-October.

The Premier League, EFL and IFR all declined to comment.

Ned this as gone on for years and last time heared it was 10yr deal so obviously efl feeling brave and changed the goalposts? Wonder if its not to down to the fact the commissioner is threatening to enforce an agreement on both parties if dont reach agreement soon!

Definitely don't blame EFL for asking for more, because like you say the regulator will enforce a decision if no agreement. And I think the regulator is likely to be inclined to help the EFL clubs.

The English Football League wants top flight clubs to hand over more than £1bn during the next five years in order to end the long-running impasse over a financial redistribution deal.

Sky News has learnt that Premier League clubs were told yesterday that their lower-league counterparts were demanding £207m-a-year from them as negotiations over football's New Deal reach another critical juncture.

Under a proposal tabled during the summer, the Premier League offered more than £1.5bn over ten years to the EFL in addition to funding already provided by the top flight.

Further talks are understood to have taken place last week between directors of the two leagues, with David Kogan, the Independent Football Regulator's chair, also in attendance.

Those discussions reportedly coalesced around a potential ten-year payment worth an average annual sum of £180m, but the EFL is understood to be seeking £207m each year over five seasons - totalling £1.035bn.

Any revised offer from the Premier League would need to be put to a vote of its clubs, with time running out before the IFR publishes its inaugural State of the Game report in mid-October.

The Premier League, EFL and IFR all declined to comment.

Ned this as gone on for years and last time heared it was 10yr deal so obviously efl feeling brave and changed the goalposts? Wonder if its not to down to the fact the commissioner is threatening to enforce an agreement on both parties if dont reach agreement soon!

Definitely don't blame EFL for asking for more, because like you say the regulator will enforce a decision if no agreement. And I think the regulator is likely to be inclined to help the EFL clubs.

Ned premier league does not want yo part with any money if can help it! They don't want parachute paym6 to change even though its causing disparity in championship especially last 3 yrs where clubs have learned to manipulate things so their squads are nearly same so getting more chance to be promoted again so accumulating more money for owners