Expert Footballers’ Association (PFA) chief Gordon Taylor criticised the government of the UK for putting Premier League players “into a corner”.

Players were targeted by the government in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, informed by health secretary Matt Hancock to “take a pay cut and play their part”.

Premier League players introduced #PlayersTogether– a project to assist create funds for the National Health Service (NHS)
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Taylor criticised the government’s handling of the problem, implicating it of cornering players.

“Premier League players felt that they were being put into a corner – particularly by government,” he informed beIN SPORTS’ Keys & & Gray Show on Thursday.

” They likewise saw the paradox that even if
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they took a pay cut … that money would be lost to the government … which would be disadvantageous.”

Taylor added: “Players are prepared to play their part. They were concerned that they were being put into a corner to take cuts, when we’ve always worked on wage deferrals.”

An effective show assistance from all players to NHS employees and those on the front-line.#PlayersTogether pic.twitter.com/2VmEbK6Rn5

— Expert Footballers’ Association (@PFA) April 8, 2020

Taylor likewise felt it was incorrect of the UK government to single out Premier League players.

“I find it quite extraordinary that government doesn’t realise – and it should do, because of what the game puts back into the economy, the money that football spends on its community initiatives, the tax it pays,” he stated.

” And simply to highlight footballers when there are numerous other sportspersons, lenders, hedge funds– I might provide you a long list of people in tasks for life whose earnings is more.

“Footballers have reached the top of a mountain that has took a long, long time to climb – and they get what they deserve.”

More than 95,700 people have actually passed away from coronavirus worldwide, with the UK’s death toll going beyond 7,900

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