Premier League faces backlash after failing to agree financial deal with EFL

• Government has insisted extra funding details must be agreed
• Top-flight clubs want to reform their own financial rules first

Premier League clubs have walked away from a deal to provide more money to the English Football League, risking a row with the government and putting the position of the Premier League chief executive, Richard Masters, under threat.

Over two years since top-flight clubs were first told by ministers to provide extra funding to help stabilise the football pyramid, clubs chose not to proceed to a vote on a proposed new deal at a meeting in central London on Monday, opting to pursue reform of their own financial rules instead.

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