The government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee chairman Julian Knight has criticised the 'leaderless' Premier League and urged players to make concessions as the nation battles the coronavirus pandemic.
'What the public wants to see is fairness,' Knight said. 'What's been announced are no more than plans to ask players to defer taking their high salaries. That's not a pay cut and what happens if they say no?
'What's needed now is leadership from the Premier League and that's not on offer today.
'The position for non-playing staff who've been furloughed is no different today to that of yesterday.