Premiership clubs want quicker opening parachute

Premier League clubs want parachute payments for relegated clubs to be spread over two years rather than four.   This would mean that clubs would get £30m in the first year of relegation rather than £15m.

Premier League clubs want parachute payments for relegated clubs to be spread over two years rather than four.   This would mean that clubs would get £30m in the first year of relegation rather than £15m.

Top flight clubs claim that the existing payment is not enough to cope with huge wage bills, even though relegation clauses have increasingly been inserted into contracts.    Parachute payments have already had a distorting effect on the Championship and the Football League is unlikely to welcome this proposal.