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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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League One clubs’ salary cap and luxury tax plans to be snubbed by EFL

Reading's stadium
Reading’s stadium. They and Peterborough are leading the push for the changes. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA

The EFL is to oppose radical proposals from League One clubs to introduce a £4.7m salary cap and a luxury tax for clubs that overspend.

Eighteen League One clubs wrote to the EFL chair, Rick Parry, this month advocating a fixed squad salary allowance, which they argue is required to get spending under control in a division where the median loss among 24 clubs last season was £5.2m.

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