Leeds & West Brom receive Premier League promotion boost from EFL chairman Rick Parry

EFL chairman Rick Parry meets the UK’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee

While many remain focused on the possible resumption of the 2019-20 Premier League, what’s going to happen in the rest of the Football League?

On Tuesday morning, EFL chairman Rick Parry discussed many of the problems facing clubs in the EFL when he faced the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee.

 

Leeds & West Brom receive Premier League promotion boost

When the Championship season was halted due to the Covid-19 crisis, Leeds lead the standings ahead of West Brom.

Leeds have 71 points, while WBA are on 70 points. Fulham are third on 64 points, while Brentford, Nottingham Forest and Preston were in the remaining playoff spots.

Nobody yet knows if three teams from the Championship will be promoted to the Premier League.

However, Rick Parry strongly came out in favour of promotion and relegation, noting they’ll be “very messy” legal action if that doesn’t happen.

NEW: EFL chairman Rick Parry tells MPs they expect 3 clubs to be promoted to PL and 3 to be relegated and if not there will be “very messy” legal action. #leeds #WBA

— Martyn Ziegler (@martynziegler) May 5, 2020

EFL chairman Rick Parry: “We expect 3 clubs to be promoted. The Premier League is aware of our position on that .. their position is they expect 3 clubs to be relegated.”
Says would be “outrage” and “breach” of agreements if no promotion from Championship to Premier League

— Rob Harris (@RobHarris) May 5, 2020

 

EFL face debts of £200 million

In another eye-catching statement, and in a sign of how football finances don’t work in much of the English pyramid, Rick Parry revealed that the clubs in the EFL face a £200 million “cash hole” by the end of September.

EFL chairman Rick Parry tells DCMS hearing member clubs heading for joint ‘cash hole’ of £200m by end of September.

— Simon Stone (@sistoney67) May 5, 2020

EFL chairman Rick Parry pointing to Championship wages being 106% of turnover of clubs, saying the model wasn’t even sustainable pre-pandemic.
“One benefit of going through this pain is we will be shocked into coming up with a more sustainable model in the future”

— Rob Harris (@RobHarris) May 5, 2020

Rick Parry tells DCMS that in 2018 the Premier League earned £3bn from TV and paid £2.9bn in wages.
EFL: £1bn in wages, £100m from TV.
Crazy model, requiring a “reset,” Parry now admits.

— Paul Hayward (@_PaulHayward) May 5, 2020

The EFL chairman also revealed his belief that the 2019-20 season must be over by July 31.

With regarding to naming Liverpool and/or Leeds champions of their respective divisions, Rick Parry said it was “premature” to make any decision.

Rick Parry says ‘premature’ to say whether Leeds and Liverpool should be confirmed as title winners if no more games.

— Simon Stone (@sistoney67) May 5, 2020

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Championship table – 2019/2020

#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	D	P
1	Leeds United	37	21	8	8	56	30	26	71
2	West Bromwich Albion	37	19	13	5	64	37	27	70
3	Fulham FC	37	18	10	9	52	38	14	64
4	Brentford FC	37	17	9	11	64	33	31	60
5	Nottingham Forest	37	16	12	9	48	38	10	60
6	Preston North End	37	16	8	13	50	45	5	56
7	Bristol City	37	15	10	12	51	53	-2	55
8	Millwall FC	37	13	15	9	44	40	4	54
9	Cardiff City	37	13	15	9	52	50	2	54
10	Blackburn Rovers	37	14	11	12	52	45	7	53
11	Swansea City	37	13	14	10	46	45	1	53
12	Derby County	37	13	12	12	49	49	0	51
13	Queens Park Rangers	37	14	8	15	58	62	-4	50
14	Reading FC	37	13	9	15	46	42	4	48
15	Sheffield Wednesday	37	13	9	15	46	49	-3	48
16	Birmingham City	37	12	11	14	48	57	-9	47
17	Stoke City	37	12	6	19	49	55	-6	42
18	Huddersfield Town	37	11	9	17	45	58	-13	42
19	Middlesbrough FC	37	9	14	14	37	47	-10	41
20	Wigan Athletic	37	10	11	16	38	50	-12	41
21	Hull City	37	11	8	18	49	63	-14	41
22	Charlton Athletic	37	10	9	18	44	54	-10	39
23	Luton Town	37	10	5	22	43	71	-28	35
24	Barnsley	37	8	10	19	42	62	-20	34

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