Parachute payments – unfair help?

Burnley chairman Barry Kilby is considering legal action against the Premier League over the payment of so-called parachute money to clubs who are relegated from the top-flight.

‘I will be campaigning this autumn for us to bring this to court,’ he told BBC Radio Lancashire.

‘It’s a good, strong case. I honestly feel that it’s an illegal subsidy from the Premier League that distorts our competition so badly.’

Sheffield United, Watford and Charlton will benefit to the tune of £6.5m over the next two seasons if they do not make an immediate return to the Premiership.