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Sports News of Sunday, 5 April 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

PL stars reject 30% pay cut suggestion, prefer donating to NHS directly

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Premier League stars have rejected the 30 per cent pay cut proposed by the PL stakeholder in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

According to The Sun, the players hinted that they would rather donate to the NHS than allow the clubs to take their 30 per cent salary.

The wage cut or deferral of up to 30 per cent was proposed by the PL stakeholders during a conference meeting to "stave off financial meltdown caused by the coronavirus crisis", according to The Sun

But the message they got back was: ‘We’d rather give our cash to the NHS than help out our rich owners’.

The players’ union claimed such a big cut in stars’ wages would actually damage the public services that were fighting the pandemic.

The PFA said: “The proposed 30 per cent salary deduction over a 12-month period equates to over £500million in wage reductions and a loss in tax contributions of over £200m to the Government.

“What effect does this loss of earning to the Government mean to the NHS? Was this considered in the Premier League proposal and did the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, factor this in when asking players to take a salary cut?”

The Sun