Thursday, 28 March

Top 6 Championship club to launch legal battle

Sports News
EFL

The top six clubs in the Championship are prepared to launch a legal challenge against the Premier League if they are denied three promotion places in the event of the season being declared null and void. 

As reported by The Times, the current top six in England's second tier - Leeds, West  Brom, Fulham, Brentford, Nottingham Forest and Preston - held a secret emergency meeting on Monday.

It is reported that a follow-up meeting, which will be held via conference call and will involve all 24 Championship clubs, will take place on Tuesday.

The Championship clubs are livid that some Premier League clubs want the season to be cancelled owing to the coronavirus outbreak.

The aforementioned Championship sides are determined for the current campaign to be concluded.

In addition they are eager to ensure that there are three promotion places amid suggestions that just Leeds and West Brom could go up.

The potential financial implications of the season being declared void are major for Championship clubs, with promotion worth around £200million. 

 

Source: dailymailuk