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Gary Neville has hit out at Premier League owners for their 'hostile' response to plans for an independent regulator for football.
Premier League clubs met last Friday to discuss Tracey Crouch's fan-led review into football.
The wide-ranging review, which was promised by the government as part of its manifesto for the 2019 general election, has called for the creation of an Independent Regulator for English Football (IREF).
The Premier League are pushing back hard against Tracey Crouch's proposals for reform
The review has made 47 recommendations including an independent regulator for football as well as a 10 per cent tax on Premier League transfers.
Clubs are opposed to both of these key recommendations.
Neville told Sky Sports: 'I think 95 per cent of EFL clubs, national league clubs and fans are behind the fan-led review, its's what it says on the tin.
'Borne out of the stresses in football, Bury was the forerunner for it because people accepted that couldn't happen again. But what happened in Covid and the actions of the Premier League have accelerated this.
Leeds chief executive Angus Kinnear (left) has compared the review into football governance's recommendations to the regime under Mao Zedong (right) in China
'The five stakeholders are doing very well for their interest parties but no-one is really looking after the interests of English football. The FA don't really have any power, they say they do but they don't, the Premier League control the power in this country. We've seen some pretty unfortunate and unacceptable actions which just mean English football need that independence and transparency.
I don't think it's right that the bottom of the Premier League get £100m and
