Premier League chiefs fear ‘unprecedented and untested powers’ for regulator risks wrecking English football

PREMIER LEAGUE chiefs fear “unprecedented and untested powers” fixed to the caller autarkic regulator could wreck English football.

The government’s Football Governance Bill volition beryllium introduced successful the House of Lords today.

A clause requiring the regulator to see authorities “foreign and commercialized policy” erstwhile approving nine takeovers — which threatened to spot Uefa footwear England retired of the Euros over governmental interference — has been withdrawn.

Prem bigwigs inactive fearfulness “rigid, banking-style regulation could person a antagonistic interaction connected the league’s competitiveness and the aspiration that drives our planetary entreaty and growth."

But the regulator has been backed by EFL main Rick Parry.

He said: “The measure has been framed successful a mode that volition alteration the caller regulator to support and execute the sustainability of clubs crossed the full shot pyramid.”

New regulator powers successful the measure see parachute payments for relegated clubs, consulting fans connected summons pricing and location stadium relocations, positive ­supporter practice astatine clubs.

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy declared: “English football is 1 of our top exports and a root of ­national pride.

“But for excessively agelong fiscal instability meant loyal fans risked losing their cherished clubs arsenic a effect of mismanagement and reckless spending.

“This measure seeks to redress the balance, putting fans backmost astatine the bosom of the game, taking connected rogue owners and crucially helping put clubs up and down the state connected a dependable fiscal footing.”

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Sports Minister Stephanie Peacock added: “This strengthened measure puts fans firmly backmost astatine the centre of the game.”

More than 200 instrumentality groups signed an unfastened missive from the Football Supporters’ Association earlier this year, calling connected each parties to back  the caller bill.

Uefa wide caput Theodore Theodoridis had said the “foreign policy” clause would magnitude to authorities interference — risking the “ultimate sanction” of excluding teams from their competitions.

England are owed to co-host the Euro 2028 with the different location nations and Ireland.