'Not right time for WSL takeover' says Premier League boss Masters

The Premier League remains in "active conversations" with the English FA over how it can help women's football but chief executive Richard Masters insists now is the wrong time to talk about a potential takeover of the Women's Super League.

Masters said two summers ago the organisation would like to eventually run the top flight of women's football, a notion which Ian Wright reiterated in the immediate aftermath of the Lionesses' Euro 2022 final win over Germany at Wembley on Sunday.

This season the Premier League starts a three-year commitment to investing £21million into both the women's professional game and girls grassroots football but plans to take control of the WSL remain on ice for now.

"It is a moment of glorious celebration and a moment for the players, the managers and those people around the team to have and feel huge satisfaction in a job extremely well done," Masters said of England's success ahead of the latest Premier League season starting on Friday.

"I think it would be wrong to talk about it (WSL takeover).

"Obviously from this season we are starting to fund the women's game by £21million put into the girls grassroots and into the professional game split pretty much down the middle. That's the start of things and we are in active conversations with the FA over how we can help more.

"There is always more to be done, as you know we have targets within the Premier League in terms of diversity targets and female representation.

"I think there should be more female voices at the top of our game and I am sure that will happen in time."

Only last week the Premier League announced Alison Brittain will be its new chair but she will not start until early in 2023.

By then Masters is hopeful an improvement will have