Premier League braced for seismic change as rule breach investigations head toward resolution

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Premier League chief executive Richard Masters says they “don’t want to normalise asterisks on the league table” as the competition faces up to a potentially critical season over its regulatory future. “We always want the football to do the talking and obviously we don’t want to normalise asterisks on the league table or long-running regulatory disputes,” Masters said. They’re competing with each other all the time and everyone is trying to find an angle, whether it be signing a player, finding a way to be better in the Premier League and I think that is a great thing.” Despite the need to update the financial regulations, Masters denied club unrest. I accept it’s created frustration and a lack of clarity at times, but we have to do our jobs and the way the system works is that when we believe a breach has taken place, we obviously publicly announce that, then it’s heard by an independent panel, they’re in charge of the timing of that process.” open image in gallery Everton face another points deduction over financial breaches Masters denied that there was concern from partners about the image of the Premier League over so many issues, and he did point to how 50 per cent of all broadcasting money spent on the five major leagues is spent on England’s top tier.