According to Sportsmail, the decision of Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy to furlough 550 non-playing staff has increased the players’ resistance to taking pay-cuts.
Spurs joined Norwich City, Newcastle United and Bournemouth in furloughing staff onto the Government’s job retention scheme due to the financial hardship the coronavirus pandemic has caused, and apart from the backlash the club are receiving from the fans and the football community, the senior players are angry as they feel Levy wants to pressure them into taking cuts through the move.
Tottenham are the only English top-flight side using the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and not topping up the salaries of furloughed staff beyond the £2,500 a month paid by the Government, and that has further incensed the players.