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Derby’s owner attacks Premier League hoarding £1.5bn as coronavirus impacts league clubs

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Getty Images | Derby County chairman and owner Mel Morris (left) and CEO Stephen Pearce.

"It wasn’t meant to become a bank, to stockpile money, that was not the basis of why it was formed," says Derby chairman about a fund under the Premier League which – according to Mel Morris – has as value of no less than £1.5 billion.

Mel Morris calls for those Premier League funds to be redistributed.

Seeds of inequity in deal cut between EFL and Premier league, says Morris.

19 March 2020 - 2:21 PM

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