PFA chief Taylor slams UK government for singling out footballers

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(Reuters) - Premier League footballers were unfairly asked by the British government to take a paycut during the coronavirus outbreak when hedge-fund managers and bankers were not subjected to similar demands, players' union chief Gordon Taylor has said.

Britain's Health Minister Matt Hancock sparked a debate last week when he said Premier League players must"play their part" and take a pay cut while the league was suspended so that the clubs' non-playing staff are not furloughed.

"And just to highlight footballers when there are many other sportsmen, bankers, hedge funds -- I could give you a long list of people in jobs for life whose income is more. Taylor himself has donated 500,000 pounds to the players' fund while members of the PFA executive team made a separate one million pound donation.

 

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