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Bournemouth boss Howe becomes first Premier League manager to take pay cut during coronavirus crisis

Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe has become the first Premier League manager to take a pay cut amid the growing coronavirus pandemic.

Howe, along with several other members of the club's hierarchy "have all taken significant, voluntary pay cuts," according to a Bournemouth statement.

Bournemouth also announced that a number of their other staff have been temporarily furloughed, though the club will be covering the employees' full wages by adding to the government's furlough plan which already pays them 80 per cent of their normal salary.

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"There is no script for moments like this," a club statement read.