…the horse may have all but bolted anyway. The Guardian reports:
'The Premier League and Richard Caborn, the sports minister, were embroiled last night in a row over plans to strengthen the "fit and proper persons test" that determines who is allowed to run football clubs, with the league disputing claims that it had agreed to meet the minister.
'Caborn told the House of Commons yesterday that the Premiership was becoming a "billionaires' playground" and he announced that he would meet the football authorities today to discuss ways in which the government could assist them.
'Far from being welcomed, however, the claim that a meeting had been scheduled was shot down by the Premier League in a statement that also suggested it was looking beyond Caborn's tenure as sports minister, which could come to an end this week in Gordon Brown's first reshuffle.'