The Premier League released a statement on Friday to update its decisions regarding the coronavirus crisis. Everything seemed to be going smoothly and full of good intentions, with more than € 20 million offered to health services, the announcement of the consultation of the players for a salary drop of 30% and aid to the lower divisions with 125 million pounds. sterling sent. It didn’t last long and shattered over the weekend. First, and quite unexpectedly, the players, via the PFA union, refused the solutions proposed by the clubs and the drop in wages. Not in their personal interest, but out of suspicion.
As we explained to you in our press review, They want to help and are not closed to a pay cut, but it should benefit the people who need it and not the wealthy club owners, as they fear. PFA president Gordon Taylor asked clubs to be more transparent about their financial data. “I think if they [les clubs] can’t do that and explain the position in full, they have every right to expect players to be wary of what’s going on “, He explained in the columns of the Daily Telegraph. “Players don’t just have brains in their feet. They want to know why and where it is going ”he continues, referring to the money raised from a drop in wages.
Gary Neville pins bad decisions
It gets stuck with the players therefore, with whom the tension mounts. Since a global agreement has failed, each club will have to manage on its own. This is what has already happened with regard to the layoff of employees of several formations. Tottenham was the first to do so and came under fire from critics, but that’s nothing compared to Liverpool, who have followed suit and garnered a lot of criticism. The club has achieved excellent financial results in recent years and supporters have asked for further explanations for the decision, which clearly does not pass.
On the side of former players and consultants, the way to manage the consequences of the epidemic on the championship is considered catastrophic. Gary Neville, former Manchester United right back and consultant for Skysports, publicly pinned the leadership of the Premier League. In a series of tweets, he criticized the decision to have played the matches during the weekend of March 8, to put some staff on partial unemployment, to only advance money to the divisions below instead of offering it, and creating a ditch with the players by making them pass for the bad guys of the history (due to refusal to accede to the salary cut of 30% for the reasons mentioned above). Considered the best championship in the world, the Premier League is going through dark hours.
The PL are handling the CV crisis terribly
-slow to lockdown / tried one last weekend of games
-furloughing straight away a PR disaster
-turning on players publicly / trying to blindside them
-no increase in funding for EFL / Non League
-all stakeholders unhappy with their approach– Gary Neville (@ GNev2) April 5, 2020
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