Scudamore: 39th game plan off the table 11/05/2010 |
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Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore has closed the door on the controversial plan to play a 39th round of fixtures abroad.
The suggestion, which won support from some clubs and managers, was less well received by fans and Scudamore revealed that public opinion and the new deal on international television rights have wiped it from the agenda.
Speaking on BBC Radio 5, he said: "It's not anywhere in our sights. We have moved on. We have just done a fantastic renegotiation of our international TV rights. There is no economic need to do it.
"We always said it was about generating money for the other clubs because it would be distributed evenly – international rights have done that. We understand.
“We got the hairdryer treatment from public opinion and therefore we kind of backed off it. I don't see it in our sights at all."
Scudamore also talked about a range of other financial issues, including Liverpool’s level of debt and the news that its parent company, Kop Holdings, lost £54.9m for the year ending July 31, 2009.
"What is absolutely true is Liverpool, season on season, without additional funding or without benefactor funding, cannot go on losing £55m a year, which is why, in Liverpool's case, they have got to build a new stadium,” he added.
“That's fairly self-evident. Clearly, it's obvious you can't go on making those losses year in, year out."
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