Premier League offers £1.8bn ten-year boost to EFL with new conditions

The Premier League has unveiled a proposed £1.8 billion, ten-year uplift to the EFL’s solidarity payments, which would double one outlet amount. The offer is contingent on several reforms: the removal of the Carabao Cup semi-final second leg, advancement of a three-up, three-down promotion/relegation system linking League Two with the National League, and a cap on the use of funds for player wages. The league seeks to retain the existing 80-12-8 split of payments across the Championship, League One and League Two, whereas the EFL is demanding a 75-15-10 split, leaving the parties about £27 million apart.

The proposal also earmarks 15 % of the extra funds for infrastructure projects and includes a £20 million lifeboat fund to support clubs that go into administration. The Premier League would fund the increase by raising the transfer levy from 4 % to 6 %. Negotiations are ongoing, with both sides hoping to avoid intervention by the Independent Football Regulator.