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Premier League clubs have been urged by the Gillingham chairman, Paul Scally, to pay £2.5m each into a solidarity fund to help some of the English Football League’s most vulnerable clubs as the football authorities discuss how to cope with the financial implications of the coronavirus crisis.
Scally said such funds would help League One and League Two clubs plug unprecedented financial black holes and believes the crisis will prove a “a time of reckoning” for the sport. Conversations between the Football Association, Premier League, EFL and the Professional Footballers’ Association to determine realistic and sustainable solutions are ongoing.
Written by Ben Fisher
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/mar/24/premier-league-clubs-urged-by-gillingham-chairman-to-give-50m-to-struggling-teams-paul-scally under the title “Premier League clubs urged by Gillingham to give £50m to struggling teams”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
