Richard Masters has refuted claims by former sports minister Tracey Crouch the Premier League tried to 'kick plans for an independent football regulator into the long grass.'
Giving evidence to a parliament committee, Crouch said the Premier League were 'unwilling to engage' with plans to reform football governance and sought to frustrate the process.
She said it was 'disappointing and surprising' the English top-flight tried to put up 'a whole series of hurdles that people are having to constantly jump over.'
Speaking at the same hearing but on a different panel later on, Premier League chief executive Masters hit back, saying 'we have done nothing but engage with the process.