Gordon Taylor came out fighting last night as the players’ union refused to bow to public pressure to take pay cuts. It came after a stinging attack by Health Minister Matt Hancock who told multi-millionaire Premier League to “play their part” in the coronavirus crisis.

But the Professional Footballers’ Association issued a strongly worded statement which turned on the clubs and accused them of wrongly using the Government’s furlough scheme when they could afford to pay staff and players.

PFA chief executive Taylor held lengthy meetings with the Premier League and EFL on Thursday afternoon but has now sparked civil war among the 20 top flight clubs ahead of their crisis summit on Friday.

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