The Premier League is implied to introduce a new rule that will ban any of its clubs from trying to join a breaking league after the Super League saga.
Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Liverpool, Tottenham and Arsenal have all pledged to join the Super League on Sunday night, before pressure from both fans and the media forced all six clubs to withdraw.
Before the six teams announced their decision to leave the competition, a whole host of threats were made by football’s governing bodies regarding players and clubs that were banned from various competitions if they were to choose to proceed with the plans.
The penalties for those involved can be severe Visionhaus / Getty Images
Since the proposal collapsed, attention has now been focused on how football’s governing bodies can prevent clubs from doing similar tricks in the future.
The Premier League is implied to introduce a new rule that would mean that clubs will be subject to immediate expulsion from England’s highest level if they join a breaking league.
The Times reports that a governance audit is already underway, with Premier League boss Richard Masters working with the FA to ensure that future threats to the league are lifted immediately.
A source close to the development said: “This will kill the threat of English clubs joining a European Super League forever.”
Richard Masters is keen to avoid future breakaway competitions Alex Morton / Getty Images
The existing Premier League rules contain a list of other competitions in which the team is allowed to compete, but the FA intends to change the said rule to remove ambiguity with the penalty for expulsion from the league.
The fallout from the Super League debacle looks set to continue for weeks to come, with club owners now desperately trying to build bridges with both their fans and the 14 Premier League clubs not involved in the proposal.
Arsenal’s chief executive Vinai Venkatesham has already personally contacted the 14 clubs to apologize for his part in the saga, while Premier League boss Masters is far from finished and has reportedly demanded a number of managers from the clubs involved withdraw. from any Premier League subcommittees they were involved in.
