Government Set To Push Through Football Regulator Within Weeks

The Government is expected to introduce the Football Governance Bill to parliament within weeks, which will bring forward a regulator despite the Premier League having failed to come to a financial deal.

Government ministers have long urged Premier League teams to reach a settlement where they would agree to redistribute wealth to smaller clubs in the football pryamid. Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer has held meetings and hosted receptions with key stakeholders from the football sector to finalise a new deal for football clubs and fans. Sources close to those meeetings have claimed they were a "car crash" and a "shambles".

Premier League clubs on Monday came together to try and reach a "New Deal" to redistribute funds and revenue with EFL clubs. More than half of top-flight clubs reportedly opposed a new financial deal which would do this, including Arsenal, Chelsea, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Tottenham, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Bournemouth, Crystal Palace, Nottingham Forest and West Ham.

The meeting is understood to have been the final one between Premier League clubs on this subject before a Football Governance Bill is introduced in the Commons. 

Government has been keen to emphasise it would like all 20 Premier League clubs to come to a financial settlement before the football regulator was in place. However it has said if they cannot come to an agreement a new regulator will step in and impose a deal on all clubs.  

PoliticsHome understands the Football Governance Bill is set to be put before MPs in the House of Commons in the next few weeks after the Premier League failed to agree a financial package on Monday. The government is expected to find Parliamentary time for the Bill before the summer recess.

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