PFA boss warns of action over new spending rules

CLUBS will take legal action against the Premier League if it introduces financial rules which will cap their spending regardless of how much they earn, the chief executive of the Professional Footballers' Association has warned.

- By JAMIE GARDNER

Topflight teams are set to vote at a meeting on November 21 on whether to introduce top-tobottom anchoring (TBA), which would cap the amount any club could spend on their squad at five times the smallest central Premier League broadcasting and prize money payout.

Manchester City, Manchester United and Aston Villa are understood to have voted in April last year against further exploration of the idea.

Opponents, including the PFA, say TBA creates a salary cap. The union has enlisted Nick De Marco KC, who successfully saw off EFL plans to bring in a salary cap in 2020, to defend its interests in this matter but PFA chief executive Maheta Molango has warned a legal challenge from his organisation should be the least of the league's worries.