LONDON (AFP) - English Premier League clubs will ask players to take a combination of pay cuts and deferrals amounting to 30 per cent of their annual salary due to the financial crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the league said in a statement on Friday (April 3).. Read more at straitstimes.com.
LONDON - English Premier League clubs will ask players to take a combination of pay cuts and deferrals amounting to 30 per cent of their annual salary due to the financial crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the league said in a statement on Friday .
Tottenham, Newcastle, Norwich and Bournemouth plan to use the British government's furlough scheme to pay 80 per cent of wages of non-playing staff up to a maximum of £2,500 a month. The Professional Footballers' Association will meet league and club officials to discuss the proposal on Saturday. Furlough controversy However, despite reports of creative ways to finish the campaign with matches behind closed doors and players quarantined in World Cup-style training camps, the clubs insist they will follow government advice on when it is safe for matches to return.
Despite their own financial troubles, Premier League clubs agreed to provide a £125 million fund for the English Football League and National League to help those further down the football pyramid.Liverpool skipper Jordan Henderson has reportedly led a meeting of Premier League captains to arrange an extra charity fighting fund for the National Health Service made up of player donations on top of any wage cuts or deferrals agreed with the PFA.
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