Bolton Wanderers have pledged their support to the 'Project Big Picture' proposals driven by the owners of Liverpool and Manchester United.
Reports over the weekend revealed huge plans for how English football might operate going forward with a radical view to change the Premier League structure to 18 teams.
Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group - along with their Manchester United counter-parts, the Glazer family - were cited as "the driving forces" behind an idea to reduce the number of Football League teams by two to 90.
The League Cup and Community Shield would also both be scrapped, with the controlling power of the Premier League handed to the division’s biggest clubs.
Current rules state that as many as 14 of the 20 of the clubs in the top flight need to agree before a decision is pushed through, but Project Big Picture aims to have just six of the nine longest-serving in the division ruling over potential changes.
Project Big Picture is also proposing a £250million bailout for Football League clubs as teams below the elite continue to suffer dire financial consequences of the coronavirus.
Now, League Two side Bolton have claimed the plans "can only be a good thing" for clubs struggling to survive the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Trotters' chairman, Sharon Brittan, said: “We have seen the press reports regarding the outline proposals of ‘Project Big Picture’.
“Whilst we await details which will allow us to consider the proposed changes further, we are fully in favour of steps which can be taken to address the inequitable distribution of finances between the Premier League and EFL.
“The summary details of Project Big Picture appear to go some way to help drive sustainability for the EFL’s member clubs and this can only be a good thing for clubs’ long term growth and the communities in which they are based.
“Bolton Wanderers’ recent history shows how important a football club is to the local community and that the model of football clubs relying solely on owner funding is broken.
“This town came very close to losing its club and the board believes that radical change has long been required to create a football pyramid which allows clubs at the lower levels to be sustainable yet be competitive on the field.
“We hope that conversations around Project Big Picture are the first step on this path.”
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