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EFL criticise the Government for their role in Premier League's £4.5BILLION broadcast deal as they failed 'to address the financial imbalance that exists between the top-flight and the rest' - despite the lower divisions receiving an extra £100m from it

The EFL have hit out at the Government for missing a chance to alter football's 'unbalanced, unsustainable and unfair' financial split - despite the Premier League agreeing to provide an extra £100million to the lower divisions.

The top flight announced on Thursday they had renewed their domestic broadcast contracts with Sky, BT, Amazon and the BBC for a further three years to 2025.

The private nature of the sale, instead of holding the normal open tender process, meant it required Government approval.

The EFL have hit out at the Government for their role in the new Premier League TV deal

But the EFL believe the Government should have driven a harder bargain and forced a rethink about how TV revenue is split within the football pyramid.