Football: Rooney calls pay cut pressure on players a 'disgrace'

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LONDON (Reuters) - Former England captain Wayne Rooney said the public pressure being exerted on elite footballers to take pay cuts in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic is a 'disgrace', according to a report in the Sunday Times of London.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

LONDON - Former England captain Wayne Rooney said the public pressure being exerted on elite footballers to take pay cuts in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic is a"disgrace", according to a report in the Sunday Times of London.

Rooney questioned why the Premier League had announced publicly that it was looking for its players to give up or defer 30 per cent of their wages.

 

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