Richard Masters assures worried clubs at meeting on FridayIndependent regulator recommended by fan-led reviewThe Premier League’s chief executive, Richard Masters, has reassured the division’s 20 clubs that he is not in favour of government regulation for the competition.
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Masters spoke at a meeting of the clubs on Friday in response to the fan-led review of the English game, which was chaired by Tracey Crouch, a former sports minister, and published on Thursday of last week.