Premier League to give £125 million to lower leagues
Premier League clubs have voted to provide £125million to Football League and National League teams to help with their cash flow problems caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Atletico Madrid players and management take cut and pay staff wages
Atletico Madrid’s players and manager Diego Simeone, the highest-paid coach in the world, have accepted a 70% pay cut as the club deals with the economic impact of La Liga’s indefinite suspension and Spain’s state of emergency due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Tottenham Hotspur reduce off-field staff wages by 20%
Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy has revealed that 550 non-playing staff have taken a 20 per cent pay cut to counter the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Xavi ‘ready’ to manage Barcelona if asked
Club legend Xavi stays he is ‘ready’ to manage FC Barcelona should the Catalan giants come calling. The midfielder turned down the role in January but is open to taking charge in the future.
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Stoke fine James McClean over ‘inappropriate’ Instagram post
Irish international James McClean has been fined two weeks’ wages by Stoke City after his club took a dim view of an “inappropriate social media post” on Instagram. The picture showed McClean wearing a balaclava in front of his children.
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