Sources have disclosed that, at one stage, the Professional Footballers’ Association were set to play a key role in the fund set up by players last week to donate money to the NHS.
Much of the emphasis at the planning stage on the WhatsApp group, which featured club captains, had been on ensuring anonymity.
There was a desire for it not to be used for public chest-beating from those donating the most.
Interesting, then, that after news of chief executive Gordon Taylor’s £500,000 donation somehow leaked into the pages of a newspaper, it was decided the PFA would not be playing such an integral part.