Manchester City have won the Premier League title for the past three years
The Premier League's clubs are to discuss the potential introduction of a hard salary cap at its latest Shareholders’ Meeting on Monday.
Having failed to reach a ‘New Deal’ for funding with the English Football League (EFL), the Premier League wants to sort out its own financial rules.
It is committed to changing the current Profit and Sustainability Regulations that have seen Everton and Nottingham Forest deducted points.
It had been thought that pegging spending to revenue in line with a system advocated by European football’s governing body Uefa would have been the alternative chosen.
The Uefa model is working towards clubs being limited to spending 70% of their turnover on wages.
However, clubs are being canvassed over another system, where the top clubs would only be allowed to spend a sum calculated according to the TV revenue of the bottom clubs.
In theory, that would make the competition more even.
But it is likely that the clubs who regularly compete in Europe would oppose that, given it would put them at a disadvantage with their counterparts across the continent. It is understood that Manchester United are leading opposition to the idea.
It is hoped an agreement will be reached by the time of the league’s annual meeting in June.
The discussions come as moves to introduce an independent football regulator move closer.
The Football Governance Bill, which would establish an independent regulator for the men's game in England, had its second reading in Parliament on Tuesday.
The regulator will have powers centred on improving financial sustainability of clubs, ensuring financial resilience across the leagues and safeguarding English football's heritage.
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