Tracey Crouch has said the “indications are positive” that the government will introduce a properly independent regulator for English football, after an apparent leak of key aspects of the legislation.
Sources inside Westminster say final details of the white paper, promised by the government last summer, are still being agreed. But leaks to the Sun suggest a regulator will have the right to grant an operating licence to clubs, prevent teams from joining breakaway leagues and have control over an owners and directors test that will establish where prospective owners have sourced their money.
