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Premier League chief warns against Asian salary cap

November 24, 2009
By Soccernet staff
English Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore has warned Asian clubs that a salary cap would have a detrimental effect on their game.

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The popular method of controlling spending in clubs is used in American sports and in Australia's domestic A-League but Scudamore, a decade in his role with the Premier League, was against the idea.

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