What has Gareth done wrong?
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Premier League agree £250m EFL bailout in huge boost
What has Gareth done wrong?
I think the Welsh clubs will pull on it as I can't see Welsh Government bringing back fans anytime soon, if at all this season.
I think English clubs will see a more relaxed approach to fans returning not sure how that finances the loss of revenues that match day brings to a club .
The chairman of Coventry City was on Radio 5 Live this morning, and was quite dismissive of this 'help'. He said that the Premier League are NOT lending the EFL £250m - all they are doing, is paying clubs' interest, if they borrow the money themselves. So, no hand-out, just a small amount of assistance with your interest repayments.
And secondly, he said that it could only be used to pay money owed to HMRC (ie. tax and NI). This sounded strange, but he insisted that was the case, and said that Coventry did not owe any money to HMRC, and so could not make use of the 'loan'.
In summary, then - the Premier are giving the EFL nothing, and the Premier is NOT loaning the EFL anything.