Relegated clubs look to go legal if Restart goes wrong
The Mirror report that if the season is forced to be cancelled, clubs flirting with the relegation places at the bottom of the Premier League will fight against PPG being used to decide final league positions.
The chairmen are expected to vote on proposed relegation models at a Thursday meeting and it’s pretty obvious that those involved at the bottom will cast against.
Two options are up for discussion and both represent a no win scenario for the League bosses who are virtually certain to face legal actions from those who are revealed to be the relegated three.
A points-per-game table is worked out by taking the average points a club has achieved in their home and away fixtures so far this season, and multiplying them by the number they have yet to play.
Although the table would change only very slightly, any teams relegated are reported to be preparing legal action with the knowledge that it would cost them millions of pounds to be sent to the second tier.
ClaretandHugh says: The Hammers have been entirely opposed to the season restarting without a no relegation clause inserted since the commencement of Project Restart. And it is a given that were the club to become involved in the worst case scenario they would be bringing in the’briefs’ and legal action is as certain as it gets. The amounts of money involved are fierce and the PL will be desperate to sort out some sort of compromise but frankly were anything to intervene now they have the campaign underway that looks an impossible for them to sort out. The fall out from an incomplete season would be a total nightmare to a League which appears to be driven by little else than cash