Premier League players should take a pay cut - Matt Hancock

They should ALL have offered to take a pay cut without being asked. But just shows what type of people they are. And the Club's should be ashamed that they have furloughed non playing staff.
 
They should ALL have offered to take a pay cut without being asked. But just shows what type of people they are. And the Club's should be ashamed that they have furloughed non playing staff.

Yep money is more important. Not like premier league players on peanuts.

Alot of these "good causes" we are seeing from them is them trying to make up and is just a publicitiy stunt to get into the goods book of the public. Fake as anything.

Non play staff not being retained is an absolute joke. Its okay to pay £100k a week to players though.
 
www.theguardian.com/football/2020/apr/02/pay-cuts-furlough-or-deferrals-what-are-the-premier-league-clubs-doing

Here's what all the Premier League clubs have done. Hardly a whitewash with all clubs screwing the non-playing staff whilst nobody else takes a pay cut. But the media won't let the facts get in the way of a good witch hunt, and it seems many of you are gullible enough to believe the headlines without reading further.
Absaloutly agree don't get me wrong Chelsea are still paying non playing staff and have opened up their hotel for nhs workers
Chelsea
Non-football staff are still being paid their full salaries. The club have also opened up the Millennium Hotel on their stadium site to NHS staff working in London hospitals, and their players have donated money to enable the Chelsea Foundation to help those in need during the crisis. :love::love:
 
Absaloutly agree don't get me wrong Chelsea are still paying non playing staff and have opened up their hotel for nhs workers
Chelsea
Non-football staff are still being paid their full salaries. The club have also opened up the Millennium Hotel on their stadium site to NHS staff working in London hospitals, and their players have donated money to enable the Chelsea Foundation to help those in need during the crisis. :love::love:

I think premier league footballers have really been hung out to dry over this. Rich businessmen can furlough their staff without anything being said.
 
The Professional Footballers' Association says proposals for a 30% pay cut for Premier League players would be "detrimental to our NHS".

The PFA also called on the league to increase its own £20m charity pledge.

The government has said it is "concerned" by what it called "infighting".


The league wants players to take a 30% salary cut in order to protect jobs, amid the coronavirus pandemic.

But the union says that equates to more than £500m in wage reductions, and a loss in tax contributions of more than £200m to the UK government
PFA says Premier League 30% pay cut plans would harm NHS
 
Yes a few Clubs did do something early on in this like Brighton, Chelsea along with Gary Neville. But most did nothing until it was forced upon them. The player's should have offered to take a bigger pay cut it support non playing staff.
And yes I agree a lot of Large companies have been as bad but that was always going to be that way with them like the bank's doing everything to NOT sort these loans for smaller businesses. But they were quick enough to beg the government to bail them out when they screwed everything up for ALL of us.
 
Yes a few Clubs did do something early on in this like Brighton, Chelsea along with Gary Neville. But most did nothing until it was forced upon them. The player's should have offered to take a bigger pay cut it support non playing staff.
And yes I agree a lot of Large companies have been as bad but that was always going to be that way with them like the bank's doing everything to NOT sort these loans for smaller businesses. But they were quick enough to beg the government to bail them out when they screwed everything up for ALL of us.

All clubs have done things to help. They're all businesses too, not cash cows to be milked by the government in times of need. There are a lot of billionaires and millionaires in this country, why are only footballers being publicly shamed for their high earnings?
 
This thread is regarding Premiere League player's. So I was giving my 2 penth on that.
Only the average Joe will help the average Joe, the rich will only think of themselves.
 
I think that any premier club using the Government scheme to pay non playing staff ought to be ashamed of themselves! If it was the club that I support I would be ashamed!
 
I would like to see all football clubs drastically cut players wages as the contracts are renewed. Like 10% max of what they are at present. The prima donnas would still want to play to show their skill and fans might at last get a good deal. Some of the non-league clubs are more entertaining than some PL games. Stop paying the big bucks to the top teams and it could all become more realistic. Unfortunately it wont happen.
 
Not sure why there is so much protection for these players. They are not some saints that some blindly idolize.

Simply put rich and powerful companies and people only give a toss about themselves.

Where it suits them then they will "help" so their damn image isn't tarnished.
 
England managers Gareth Southgate and Phil Neville to take 30% pay cut
England managers Gareth Southgate and Phil Neville to take 30% pay cut
Premier League: What is your top-flight club doing to plug the coronavirus cashflow gap?
Arsenal
The Gunners will pay all their casual workers to the end of April, with a promise to review the situation if the football authorities delay the resumption of the season further.

Bournemouth
Bournemouth are using the government’s furlough scheme, placing “a number of staff” on paid leave while public funds cover 80% of their wages up to £2,500 a month. Bournemouth will top up the rest to ensure none of their staff lose out financially.

Manager Eddie Howe, assistant boss Jason Tindall, chief executive Neill Blake and technical director Richard Hughes have also taken "significant" voluntary pay cuts amid the crisis - Howe being the first Premier League boss to do so.

Brighton
Brighton head coach Graham Potter, deputy chairman and chief executive Paul Barber and technical director Dan Ashworth have each taken a "significant" voluntary pay cut for the next three months.

Barber has written to staff to warn that there “may be rougher seas ahead” but reassured them that “all our people, and their families, remain our priority” and has said the club have not made a decision on furloughing yet.

Staff affected will receive 80% of their salary through the government's job retention scheme and the club will make up the difference.

Burnley
Burnley have promised to continue to pay all matchday and non-matchday casual staff during the current shutdown.

Crystal Palace
Chairman Steve Parish promised on 18 March that all employees will receive full pay during the coronavirus outbreak and that matchday staff would not lose out as a result of the suspension of the season.

Everton
Everton have said they are “committed to ensuring that nobody engaged by the club is disadvantaged financially at this challenging time”, guaranteeing payments to casual workers.

Liverpool
Liverpool have placed some non-playing staff on temporary leave. Staff affected will receive 80% of their salary through the government's job retention scheme and the club will make up the difference.

Manchester City
Manchester City will pay their entire non-playing staff in full and have confirmed they will not make use of the government's job retention scheme.

"We remain determined to protect our people, their jobs and our business while at the same time doing what we can to support our wider community at this most challenging time for everybody," said City in a statement.

Newcastle
Newcastle United were the first Premier League club to place their non-playing staff on temporary leave.

The government will therefore subsidise 80% of workers' pay, but the club will top-up the remaining 20% (and more if it is above the maximum £2,500 a month allowed by the government) to ensure that staff will receive 100% of their pay. The decision will then be reviewed at the end of April.

Norwich
Norwich have also made use of the government’s job retention scheme, with the club topping up the 80% pay so that staff will receive their full salary.

The club have also donated more than £200,000 to help those in need in Norfolk, made up of the playing squad, coaching staff and executive team donating a percentage of their salaries.

Tottenham
All 550 non-playing staff at Tottenham are taking a 20% pay cut, initially for two months.

Chairman Daniel Levy, who earned £7m last year, is one of those to give up a fifth of their earnings and has called on Premier League players to “do their bit for the football eco-system".

Watford
Continuing to pay all staff members with no current plans to use the furlough scheme.

West Ham
All staff are being paid their full salaries and working from home, while their casual and matchday employees are also being paid as normal. The club are also supporting requests from employees who wish to volunteer for the NHS.

Manager David Moyes has told the Premier League he is willing to take a pay cut.

Wolves
No staff are being furloughed with Wolves chairman Jeff Shi previously vowing that "all of our staff will of course continue to be paid for the duration of the club's closure and this period of uncertainty".

The remaining clubs may have announced donations or schemes to help the local community and the NHS but have yet to publicly announced what they are doing about pay.
Premier League: What is your top-flight club doing to plug the coronavirus cashflow gap?
 
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