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Liverpool’s Project Big Picture tipped for return

Liverpool have been backed to reintroduce its Project Big Picture plans.

Premier League clubs unanimously rejected the proposed reforms driven by the Anfield hierarchy and their Manchester United counterparts last October.

But former Reds’ chief executive Rick Parry, who worked with both teams on the scheme, believes that his old club’s blueprint should be reconsidered.

Parry made the claim amid the continuing fallout from the failed move to a European Super League, with all bar two of 12 clubs withdrawing from it.

The Government is preparing to lead a fan-led review of football in England with former sports minister Tracey Crouch overseeing the entire process.

Under the banner of Project Big Picture, plans included reduce the Premier League down to 18 clubs with major voting rights handed to its ‘Big Six’ clubs.

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“We want to input the best of Big Picture to the Premier League strategic review and we’ll import it to the Government’s review,” Parry told the Daily Telegraph.

“It’s very simple – we (the EFL) want 25 per cent of the total TV revenue, we want an end to parachute payments.

“We want a narrowing of the cliff edge between the Championship and the Premier League, because our watchword, our entire focus, is on sustainability.”