Premier League clubs have been given a plan to “seize back control” from players and agents. Top-flight teams have suffered a massive reduction of income due to coronavirus suspending football for the foreseeable future.
While a feud has developed with players unwilling to take pay cuts such as Arsenal’s squad. But Simon Jordan, who owned Crystal Palace for 10 years, has given clubs a plan on how to get control back Writing in his Sun column, the former owner said: “The Premier League has its greatest opportunity since the 1992 Sky ‘revolution’ to rid a plague on its own house. “And that is the disproportionate power and financial influence of players, agents and the union over the game. “The industry needs to clean up its act.