The Professional Footballers' Association insist Premier League stars are keen to make "significant financial contributions" but warned a 30 per cent pay cut would have dire implications.
The Premier League met with all clubs, the PFA and the League Managers Association in a conference call on Saturday afternoon to discuss its suggestion of wage deductions or deferrals as they look at the financial impact of the coronavirus crisis.
Top-flight professionals have been coming under increasing pressure to take a drop in pay, especially with clubs from the Premier League to League Two placing non-playing staff on furlough leave under the Government's coronavirus job retention scheme.Liverpool became the latest top-flight club to put some