A number of the Premier League's black players and coaches have complained to the PFA over the union's decision to appoint an all-white selection panel to begin the process of replacing chief executive Gordon Taylor.
Sportsmail has been told that there is considerable unhappiness amongst players at the narrow composition of the three-person panel, to be chaired by former England defender Gary Neville, on the grounds that it does not reflect the fact that around 30 per cent of PFA members are black.
Neville's panel is completed by PFA Board member Edward Canty and Oxford defender John Mousinho, who is also on their management committee.