Plan to mend the great crack in football pyramid should not be swept off the table | David Conn


Liverpool and Manchester United have infuriated the Premier League clubs who were in the dark but the premise of their proposal is sound

There are so many extraordinary elements in the Liverpool and Manchester United proposals to reshape English football, and so much understandable scepticism, that the historic move at the heart of it is in danger of being missed.

So, for clarity, it really is true that the US owners of these two fabulously rich football corporations have produced an offer that has not been forthcoming and never seemed possible from any Premier League leadership figures for 28 years.

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