Premier League clubs to discuss Project Big Picture amid ‘threat’ of breakaway

FA chairman Greg Clarke claims a Premier League breakaway was floated recently (Nick Potts/PA)

Premier League clubs will hold a shareholders’ meeting on Wednesday, amid claims from Football Association chairman Greg Clarke that a breakaway from the top flight was wielded “as a threat” during talks over Project Big Picture.

The proposed plan envisages vast changes to the infrastructure of the game in England, including a reduction to 18 Premier League teams, the end of the Carabao Cup, controversial changes to voting rights and a sizeable financial settlement for the EFL.