PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor criticised as official accounts reveal £2.2m salary despite players' union only spending £100k on research for head injuries and concussion

Daily Mail | February 12, 2018

PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor has come under scrutiny after official accounts revealed his staggering £2.2million salary despite a lack of funding into key areas such as head injuries and concussion.

Taylor's pay has rocketed by a £1m over the last year and now equates to around £44,000 per week.

The 73-year-old was criticised on Monday after the accounts also showed where the PFA has spent its annual £17m grants budget.

PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor was paid u00a32.2million by the players' union last year — PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor was paid £2.2million by the players' union last year

The PFA's annual accounts revealed Taylor's pay package, which equalled u00a32,290,276 — The PFA's annual accounts revealed Taylor's pay package, which equalled £2,290,276

The accounts also revealed how much money had been spent on other key areas

While £6m was spent on the Football League's youth development programme last year, only £100k was earmarked for 'international concussion and head injury research'.