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- Leicester took advantage of a legal loophole to avoid sanctions for non-compliance with expenses
- The Premier League and the EFL have agreed to align their spending rules
- The great rivalry between Klopp and Guardiola: who wins in their last league game? Listen to the Podcast Everything is beginning
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The Premier League and EFL will align their spending rules after Leicester exploited a loophole to avoid sanctions.
From next season, the Premier League’s rapid reporting system, which requires clubs to submit their accounts for the previous season by December 31, will also apply to relegated clubs.
The goal is for any penalty for non-compliance with expenses to be applied that season. Leicester avoided having to comply with those rules this season, having already been relegated when the new regulations arrived last June.
However, the club could suffer two point deductions next season as it risks exceeding the limits for two periods ending with the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons.
This latter process is carried out by the EFL, but a points deduction would also apply in the top flight if they win promotion.
Leicester City chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha is pictured at a match last year. His club has managed to exploit a loophole in the Premier League and EFL rules.
That loophole will be closed, and Enzo Maresca’s Leicester could face two points deductions next season.
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Huddersfield’s dispute with local authorities
Huddersfield is in dispute with its local authority over funding the operation of the John Smith Stadium.
Kirklees Council is refusing to pay its share of the bills as it faces financial difficulties.
Forty per cent of the operating costs should be paid by the council, 40 per cent by the city and 20 per cent by the Huddersfield Giants rugby league club.
Huddersfield is in dispute with local authorities over funding for its stadium
Manchester United follows Liverpool’s example
Manchester United have held talks with the brains behind Liverpool’s transfer activity under Jurgen Klopp as they attempt to improve recruitment.
United have spoken to Ludonautics, the statistical analysis and sports advisory firm run by former Liverpool research director Dr Ian Graham. Graham launched Ludonautics in a bid to offer the data services he provided at Anfield to other clubs.
Former Liverpool sporting director Michael Edwards also works for Ludonautics as a consultant, having turned down numerous offers to return to work full-time at other clubs.
Ludonautics has been signed by several clubs across Europe in recent months, but does not reveal its client list. United and Ludonautics declined to comment.
Former Liverpool sporting director Michael Edwards (left) works at Ludonautics as a consultant and previously had great success at Anfield.
Premier League clubs prepare for another fight
Premier League clubs are bracing for another internal dispute when the Government introduces a bill to create an independent regulator, as there is a dispute over who should pay for it.
Many Premier League clubs blame the Big Six for the regulation, as it was their decision to join the European Super League that triggered it, and they want them to pay. The Big Six disagree.