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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Paul MacInnes

Format of Carabao Cup up for debate as EFL seeks deal with Premier League

A player stands next to the EFL Carabao Cup match ball
The EFL chair, Rick Parry, says ticket sales and viewing figures prove the Carabao Cup is ‘immensely popular’. Photograph: Matt West/Shutterstock

The renaissance of the Carabao Cup has proven the competition is integral to English football, the EFL has said, but it would be willing to change the tournament if it meant reaching a new financial settlement with the Premier League.

Manchester United take on Newcastle at Wembley on Sunday in the most eagerly anticipated League Cup final in years, days after the government is expected to publish its long-awaited white paper on an independent regulator for English football.

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