"English football is finished if we don't keep it sustainable", says EFL manager

Premier League clubs met on Monday but were unable to agree a funding deal with the English Football League. That's annoyed Peter Ridsdale, executive director at Preston North End, who are currently tenth in the Championship.

"All we want is to make sure we have a sustainable and competitive EFL and obviously you see the cliff-edge between the Premier League and the Championship, with the parachute clubs coming down getting something like £50m in the first year and £40m-odd in the second year, having got relegated. We've got teams at the top of our division paying five times more in wages than we are, and that's showing because they're at the top end of the Championship - and they're doing that based on parachute payments that are coming down from the Premier League. "If we don't keep it competitive and sustainable, then English football is finished."

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Peter Ridsdale says 'if we don't keep it competitive and sustainable, English football is finished'

"English football is finished" unless it continues to be "competitive and sustainable" financially, says Peter Ridsdale.

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Created at 5:42pm, 13th March, 2024. Page last updated at 2:44pm, 16th May, 2024.

FirestormGamingTeam 3/13/2024, 9:46:15 PM

The issue is, in my opinion, they are paid too much, it's a short quick contract to riches and then boom, rich, I think this leads to a flagging response.

I think players should be paid per their performance, not experience or media presence.