Some clubs are said to be less than happy with what the football league terms “solidarity payments” or parachute payments amounting to £48 million spread out over a total of four years.
It is said that the football leagues board had also become divided and unhappy over the last couple months regarding the issue and that it may be a huge hurdle for the incoming chairman Greg Clarke, who has yet to meet with all of the 72 representatives of each of the clubs.
He is said to be one of the backers of the new set of proposals which will see in excess of £170 million loss parachute payments dealt out to the clubs. Although this is a considerable increase there are many clubs which include Sheffield Wednesday, Derby County and Sheffield United who were very dissatisfied with the proposed payments.
According to them and others the way the money will be shared will have a serious effect on the balance of competitive power between the country’s clubs; they believe that it will produce a bigger gap between the major clubs and the more minor, less prosperous, clubs.
They are of the opinion that the new money deal will effectively create a second Premier League which will put money in the pockets of around a dozen clubs but will see others left out in the cold.
They also consider that this new balance of power will mean that many smaller clubs will be totally unable to complete and will never forget the opportunity to move up the English football rankings.
Every four years the biggest footballing event in the world comes to a pre selected country, and for 31 days, the entire world is gripped on football fever. This year Fabio Capello’s men qualified for the World Cup in South Africa with ease, now the pressure is on to ensure that England are fully prepared to take to the field and fight for the right to place a second star above the three lions. As the nation gets patriotic before the first whistle sales of everything bearing a St Georges cross go through the roof with scarves, flags, banners and beer selling out throughout the nation. This year the emphasis is purely on fashion, and supporting your team with style. As companies now see the commercial gain of a World Cup they are producing more official merchandise than ever before, in an attempt to cash in on the euphoria that can last up to a month during the games, and a long time afterwards. With the style in mind, top designer brands have employed their design teams to create something for the World Cup that not only shows your support for the country of your choice, but also allows you to do so wearing the latest designer name alongside your countries flag.
A day out at a football match at Wembley Stadium costs an arm and a leg. With the ever increasing costs of tickets, food, drink, replica kit and travel involved with attending a match, there is at least one-way in which you might be able to save some cash. With only a few weeks to go until the FA Cup Final at Wembley, 
So called football fan Gary Mann is due to be shipped out to Portugal today in order to serve out a 24 month prison sentence for his part in a serious riots which took place during the Euro 2004 competition.
David Beckham is still the highest earning football player across the globe for the third year in a row, according to the annual feature in Forbes magazine. In 2009 the 35 year old football player earned £40m out of which 80% came from his sponsors, who include Giorgio Armani, Adidas, and Motorola. Beckham unfortunately is predicted to lose some of his larger sponsorship money this year due to the fact that he tore his archilles tendon in March, which will force him to sit out the South African World Cup. Second on the Forbes list was Christiano Ronaldo who earned £30m in the past year. Credits to his name include the 2008 World Player of the Year and the title of the highest salary paid football player in the world when Real Madrid purchased him from Manchester United. His contract is for six years and started at about £15.5m but will increase by a quarter every year after. Sponsors of Ronaldo include Coca-Cola, Giorgio Armani, and Nike. In third place on the list of top earners is Kaka also a Madrid player who earns £25m per year. His sponsors are also Giorgio Armani and Adidas. Fourth place is Ronaldinho who also earns £25m per year and in fifth place is the Barcelona striker from France Thierry Henry who earns about £24m per year. Last year Beckham was estimated by Forbes to have earned £46m while Ronaldinho was estimated to make £33m in second place and Henry was in third place with £28m.