Mills makes ‘big transfer fees and wages’ claim after twist in Leeds controversy
Danny Mills has insisted more money should be filtered into the football pyramid after Leeds United chief executive Angus Kinnear slammed the Fan-Led Review of Football Governance.
The former Whites defender, speaking exclusively to Football Insider, claimed more governance is needed to oversee how clubs in lower divisions spend their money.
Tracey Crouch MP published the fan-led review (24 November) last month, which recommends 47 actions intended to preserve the future of football.
Among the proposals is a transfer fee duty, with the aim to help support the wider football pyramid.
As quoted last month, (30 November), Kinnear slammed the idea, controversially comparing the recommendations to Maoist philosophy and insisting it would “kill the competition” in English football.
Asked for his thoughts on Kinnear’s comments, Mills told Football Insider‘s Connor Whitley: “If we live in an ideal world then more money filters down.
“There has to be way more governance. Who’s going to enforce these rules?
“That’s the biggest problem. Because even if the pyramid gets a bigger slice of the pie – who’s governing how they spend it?
“Are they just going to spend it on higher transfer fees and wages? Probably. Will it help them run any better? Probably not. Is it really going to change the direction of traffic? No.
“These other clubs probably never imagined the billions poured into the Premier League. Now they’re desperately trying to renegotiate a bigger slice of the pie.
“Unfortunately, the Premier League hold all the cards.”
Kinnear claims the Premier League will distribute £1.6billion to the wider football pyramid in the next three years.
The government could bring in new legislation next spring.
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