Football's broke; Kenyon wants to halve number of professional clubs.

From: The Evening Standard (London, England) | Date: December 5, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: MATT HUGHES

MANCHESTER United chief executive Peter Kenyon today called for a radical shake-up of English football that would halve the number of professional clubs.

More than 90 per cent of clubs are thought to have serious financial problems and Kenyon believes that only a fundamental restructuring can save the game from ruin.

He said: "There has to be a review of the structure.

Quite clearly I don't think you can have four divisions of professional football any longer.

"There are too many clubs.

That's not to say that they can't exist, but ...

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