The Premier League is reviewing the salary cap on the wages clubs pay their players

It is true that the gap between the rich and financially weaker teams has widened in recent years, with this gap – particularly in the Premier League – increasing rapidly and the league becoming a two-speed race. The only exception was the Leicester miracle in the 2015/2016 season.

In this direction and so that Leicester’s success can be repeated by another English club, its members Premier League They discuss groundbreaking changes to its base salary cap, i.e. in the salaries that each team must give to its players.

Therefore, with the aim of maintaining the competitive balance, the members who were in London last week attended the conference “Leadership Week”, proposed capping the richest club’s salary bill at a multiple of the lowest club’s television revenue. Setting a salary cap according to La Liga standards.

The discussions, as revealed in his Crystal Palace President’s statement, Steve Parriswere constructive and listed features: “There are actually positive discussions about it. We also have to be very careful because there are unintended consequences. We hope to achieve something that is beneficial not just for Premier League clubs, but for the entire pyramid and its competitiveness“.

The intention to increase the number of games broadcast live from 200 to 270 was also voted at the same conference. This represents a further “injection” of financial support and reinforcement for clubs through the new, improved broadcast rights proposals that will arise from television providers.