LONDON, April 26 ― Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane has told players at the Premier League's top clubs to ignore pressure to take pay cuts during the coronavirus crisis. English football has been halted since mid-March in a bid to curb the spread of Covid-19 and clubs at all levels are...
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English football has been halted since mid-March in a bid to curb the spread of Covid-19 and clubs at all levels are feeling the pinch. Earlier this month, top-flight clubs agreed to consult with their players over deferrals and reductions amounting to 30 percent of their salary but only a handful of clubs.
“The way I look at it now, particularly after the way I left Manchester United, I wouldn't take a pay cut from anybody if I was at one of the bigger clubs,” he told Sky Sports.Keane believes more pressure should be put on the billionaire club owners to honour their wage bills than on players. There is a general acceptance among Premier League clubs that matches will be played behind closed doors if the competition can resume, with restrictions on mass gatherings likely to remain in force for the foreseeable future.
“The idea of basically borrowing at this time £300 or £400 million, £500 million, which is more than an affordable number, doing a soft deal with a bank on a loan to give the FA , the EFL , the players, whoever it is ― the National League need £15 million.
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