Sir John Hall Should Know Better!

Last updated : 03 June 2009 By Footy Mad - Editor

Sir John Hall: "My fear is it is now very tough for a provincial club to compete with the money being pumped into the big teams by Roman Abramovich and certain Arab investors.

"There is no investor in the English provinces capable of competing with their money.

"There is an inequality at work there, and it worries me.

"I know it is an open market place out there, and, as a businessman, I accept there is much to be said for that.

"But I fear foreign money - or 'funny money', spent by people coming into the game not for football but to raise their own profile - is splitting the Premier League apart.

"Abramovich came in and changed everything, and it's now got out of hand.

"It's up to the Premier League to address the issue."