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West Ham chairman Gold: New parachute payments will benefit Football League

West Ham United chairman David Gold believes new a parachute payments proposal will benefit clubs throughout the Football League.

Those clubs relegated to the Championship this season will receive £16million a year for two years, while under the new proposals relegated clubs would get £16million for each of the first two years and then £8million for each of the second two years.

Gold told Sky Sports: "It also helps the Football League and indeed all the way down to the lower divisions.

"It's percentages of the available TV money which is a standard process and that has traditionally been 50% for the first two years and now we've got an additional 25% for years three and four, which I think is excellent and I'm delighted.

"I think a total for the four years would probably amount to somewhere in the region of £48million."

The payments are part of the solidarity package of money paid to the Football League over the next three years. The 2007-10 package saw more than £90million handed over including £5.4million for youth development."

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