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Friday briefing: Premier League tables 'SSR' rules in bid to curb independent regulator

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26 September 2025 - 4:30 AM

The Premier League has pitched an alternative, systemic sustainability rules (SSR), which will involve cash-flow and balance sheets tests for teams, The Telegraph has reported. During a shareholders’ meeting on Tuesday, the Premier League clubs discussed potential replacements for the English top flight’s current profit and sustainability rules (PSR) structure.

Multiple clubs see this as a blatant attempt to “curb” any outside interference by the new Independent Football Regulator (IFR

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