Premier League execs to discuss 25% wage cut for players

As Premier League clubs prepare for a shareholders' meeting on Friday morning via conference call to consider an indefinite suspension, Health Secretary Matt Hancock called on top-flight professionals to take a pay cut.

Clubs from the Premier League to League Two have placed non-playing staff on furlough leave under the Government's coronavirus job retention scheme but increasing scrutiny is falling on players to take a wage deferral or cut.