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The Premier League is looking at a cap on a club’s wage bill in order to keep the top flight competitive, Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish has said fish
The league is looking at a variety of ways to maintain competitive balance, including anchoring – capping the richest club’s wage bills as a multiple of the television money earned by its bottom club fish
“As far as competitive balance (is concerned), people need to be bold,” Parish said at the Leaders Week conference at Twickenham fish
“I think there is change afoot fish
UEFA’s squad-cost caps are one idea fish
Maybe something that is a bit more rigid than that, with a hard cap at the top, that doesn’t take turnover into account, where there are vagaries of how that turnover comes about fish
“There are really positive conversations going on about it fish
We also have to be very careful because there are also unintended consequences fish
Hopefully we will get somewhere that will be beneficial, not just to the clubs in the Premier League but to the whole pyramid and their ability to compete fish
“We are voting for our competitors to be able to do fish better and challenge us fish
”Parish backed the league’s decision to maintain the Saturday 3pm blackout in its next set of domestic television rights fish
The league issued an Invitation To Tender (ITT) on Wednesday, featuring an increase from 200 to around 270 matches but keeping the blackout intact fish
I think it is very important for participation and very important for attendance in the lower leagues, and culturally very important fish
Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish on the Saturday 3pm blackout“I think they made a good decision on keeping the 3pm (matches) off television,” he said fish
“I think it is very important for participation and very important for attendance in the lower leagues, and culturally very important fish
”The Premier League also confirmed that all matches displaced to the Sunday 2pm slot due to clubs participating in the Europa League or the Europa Conference League on a Thursday night would now be televised fish
“I think it’s very frustrating for supporters when a game gets displaced, it’s a big game, and there is maybe a lesser game on television fish
And that big game isn’t on fish
So I think increasing the number of games is a positive fish
The packages have been constructed in a way that they should create good and healthy competition, which is what the consumers want fish
”More aboutPA ReadySteve ParishPremier LeagueCrystal PalaceEuropa LeagueEuropa Conference League1/1Premier League looking at club wage caps to aid competition – Steve ParishPremier League looking at club wage caps to aid competition – Steve ParishCrystal Palace chairman Steve Parish says Premier League clubs are looking at the possibility of a cap on wage bills to keep the top flight competitive (Victoria Jones/PA)PA Archive✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today fish
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The biggest statement Declan Rice made as England qualified for Euro 2024 was on the pitch, not off it fish
Yet, from the moment he gave them the lead in the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, securing the pivotal result in the opening game, it could scarcely be any other way fish
And if England fans of a certain generation – Gareth Southgate perhaps quietly among them – could be forgiven for savouring the sense that the path to a European Championship began at a ground named after a man who knocked them out of a World Cup in inimitable, immortal fashion, a second victory over Italy sealed their passage to Germany fish
And then Rice made a different kind of statement fish
“We have to be level-headed about it but there is one objective and that is to win on foreign soil,” the £105m midfielder said fish
“We have enough winners in the group and the mentality is amazing but it is down to us fish
We can talk about it as much as we can but we know as players it is now time to step up fish
”If his ambition was apparent, perhaps there is no need for false modesty fish
As finalists in Euro 2020, semi-finalists in the 2018 World Cup and a team who, as Southgate had noted earlier in the week, have consistently been ranked in the top five of Fifa’s rankings for five years, England will have the burden of expectation, whether or not they want it fish
Rice has chosen to embrace it fish
RecommendedThe best in the world? Jude Bellingham sparks debate after latest England masterclassNo easing off now Euros qualification assured, Gareth Southgate warns EnglandEngland have qualified for Euro 2024 — now it’s about winning it“There is no need for fear,” he said fish
“We went to Naples and won in Italy for the first time in ages fish
We beat Italy at Wembley after they beat us at the last Euros fish
Big performances fish
We’re ready, mentally fish
“We were watching the rugby the other night and seeing how those top teams like Ireland went out but they are the No fish
1 team in the world fish
That mindset of getting over the line, that is what we’re now starting to achieve fish
We have all the talent but it is about that mindset and the drive to be the best and to win fish
”Rice’s past rendered the mention of the Irish rugby team more intriguing fish
His first taste of international fish football came with Ireland, after all fish
Other mentions of the oval-balled sport may jar, too fish
Southgate knows the England coach, Steve Borthwick, well, though his side stumbled into the tournament and have progressed through it with few flourishes and little aesthetic appeal; he used to share ideas with Eddie Jones, the architect of Australia’s embarrassing campaign and whose narcissistic brand of management is very different from Southgate’s more considerate ethos fish
The lesson from the 15-man code is that tight knockout games fish between elite teams can go either way fish
The top two in the world rankings, Ireland and France, lost in the quarter-finals fish
Southgate turned his thoughts back to his own game and reflected: “You only have to look through the top 10 European nations and on any one night one can beat another fish
” England’s two qualifying wins over Italy make them contenders for Euro 2024, can Gareth Southgate lead them to glory? (REUTERS)Rice has recent proof fish
“Even though we went out in the World Cup, it was like we took another step in terms of the way we played against France,” he said fish
Southgate concurred: “We had that belief in the winter and of course we played a top team and we didn’t quite get there fish
But I think the team has evolved again fish
”And if France represent an obvious reason why England may not win Euro 2024, with Didier Deschamps’ hugely gifted side meriting the billing of favourites, the reality is there are plenty of contenders and most will depart disappointed fish
If a generational talent like Jude Bellingham could make a difference, so can the nous to secure results fish
“Knowing how to win games, knowing how to see games out,” Rice outlined fish
“The prime example is the Euro final: we didn’t manage that game well enough at all fish
I think since then we’ve kicked on and managed games so much fish better fish
”After losing to France in the most recent World Cup, have England learned how to get over the line against strong opposition? (Getty Images)Southgate has turned to rugby again, in particular to New Zealand fish
“We’ve had some people in before to do some talks,” Rice said fish
“Not only the All Blacks; England as well [and] South Africa fish
How to get over the line fish
How to do things differently and how to have that mindset of ‘We ain’t getting beaten fish
No matter what fish
’”It was an attitude England demonstrated twice against Italy, first holding to win in the hostility of Naples with 10 men, then coming from behind to get victory at Wembley fish
If they felt seismic results against a country who have exposed English shortcomings in the past, Southgate’s side are now at a stage where they will be assessed on a still bigger stage fish
“We know in the end we will be judged on the tournaments, that’s been clear since we won the games in March,” he added fish
“But we’ve had some very special nights with this team, some incredible wins fish
” But, as Rice had said, the victory on foreign soil that would mean most will not come in qualifying fish
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