Albion are astounded and shocked by the Project Big Picture “power grab”.

Paul Barber revealed the Seagulls will vote against the plan reportedly devised by Liverpool and Manchester United to revamp the structure of English football.

But he recognised changes were necessary to help smaller clubs help themselves.

Albion’s chief executive and deputy chairman said he and club owner Tony Bloom were shocked by the plans.

Premier League clubs will discuss the latest version of the Big Picture proposal at a meeting today.

Barber said he will reserve judgement as to who have been main drivers behind the plans until he has received confirmation at the meeting.

EFL chairman Rick Parry has so far come out in support of Big Picture.

Barber said last night: “It’s a power grab. Tony and I are both astounded by what has come out, the way it has come out, the people that are alleged to have been involved in it, the lack of consultation with other clubs who are equal share holders in the Premier League. Shocked.

“You have got to look at it from someone like Tony Bloom’s point of view.

"He has invested over £350 million of his own money in a football club he loves.

"A football club over the last decade we’ve worked to take from League One and a small converted athletics track, training at a university, to a world class stadium with a world class training ground playing in the Premier League.

"We are doing our best to compete with clubs with incomes giant compared to ours.

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"And here we are facing a situation where a group of people decide to put together a proposal that undermines our club.

"We are expected to vote in favour of that. That’s quite ridiculous and we won’t.