U-turn offers hope of solution to football’s financial crisisChampionship clubs must apply for funds on case by case basisEFL clubs have collectively agreed to accept the Premier League’s offer of a £50m bailout for teams in League One and League Two. After months of often fraught negotiations between the EFL and
Premier League, the decision suggests the game may at last find a solution to the financial crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The EFL’s 72 clubs met by division on Thursday to once again discuss an offer that had already been rejected. Clubs last month agreed that any bailout should apply to all three EFL divisions, in a show of solidarity with the Championship.