and Puma balls for the EFL Cup. In response to Guardiola's comments, a Football Association spokesperson said: "Mitre's Ultimax Pro ball - used in the Emirates FA Cup and all other FA competitions ...

LCP’s report also calls for the football regulator to address the financial chasm between the Premier League and the divisions below it, run by the EFL, and says it must learn from the failures ...

Guardiola's inclusion of the league cup may go back to 2017, when he described the Mitre ball used in that ... sparked a defence of the ball from the EFL and the Premier League will expect the ...

But it stuck, and the EFL even released a statement ... Weather conditions change in football that’s the beauty of it. Never an excuse.” Two months later, Guardiola would again make complaints about ...