Grassroots funding decreased

Could this mean an increase in FA funding for the Premier League and Internationally?

Positive or negative for English football?

huge negative

The money is granted directly from Sport England, so it's not like the FA will have extra money to hand about. They have nothing to do with the running of the Premier League, and £1.6 million over a year is small change as it pertains to International football.

All I see happening is the continuation of people moving away from playing 11 a side matches, due to the poor conditions of grounds, and using 3G small sided centres such as Goals and PlayFootball.

I can't fully comment but what orf watched and read suggests money isn't being taken directly away from football just placed to different channels.

Equally, football doesn't inherently deserve the money