DAVID MOYES insists that the Premier League is in need of change, but not in the form of the Super League.
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Instead, the West Ham manager believes that Rangers and Celtic should be invited to compete in a British league to improve the Premier League spectacle.
Earlier this week, 12 clubs proposed to break away from the Champions League to form their own ‘European Super League’. That included England’s ‘Big Six’ of Liverpool, Spurs, Arsenal, Man Utd, Man City and Chelsea.
But fan protests, sponsorship backlash and pressure from UEFA led to the programme being suspended.
Moyes, while opposed to the Super League proposal, does believe that reform of England’s top league is needed.
But in his mind the best way to do that is through formation of a British League, which includes Rangers and Celtic.
"Change is needed in some way," said Moyes.
"I think the Premier League has a brilliant product, I really do, but at the top clubs you're talking about too many games, so could we have Premier League I and Premier League II?
"Could we have a situation where we do invite Rangers and Celtic to Premier League II?
“Why can we not unite the UK? Why do we have to be England and Scotland and not unite it?
"Why can it not be a pyramid that allows teams in the Scottish leagues to get into Premier League II?
“In fact, I think actually more money would filter down if Rangers and Celtic could be given an opportunity to come in."
Moyes added that more teams would equal less matches in an increasingly packed fixture schedule.
"Why not try and make what we have got something new and maybe take a few less teams, maybe two out of the Premier League and put in Premier League II, and we have a few extra weeks,” he added.
"The big clubs have got such a big programme, and I can only see with the new programmes them getting so many more games, and it is getting too tough to play too many games."
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