EFL chief highlights financial risk amid PFA legal action over wage rules

EFL chief executive Trevor Birch addressed the ongoing financial instability in the football pyramid in an open letter, coinciding with the Professional Footballers' Association's (PFA) legal challenge against new financial rules set to replace the Profitability and Sustainability framework. The new Squad Cost Rules will reduce the percentage of turnover for wages in League One from 60% to 50%. Birch underscored the unsustainable financial situation of EFL clubs, with average player expenditure and losses significantly rising in recent seasons. He noted that litigation would not solve underlying financial challenges, and called for a more equitable distribution model alongside the Premier League.

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