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‘Shameful’: Piers Morgan slams Liverpool over furlough decision

Piers Morgan has strongly criticised Liverpool on social networking site Twitter after the club announced yesterday to place some of their non-playing staff on temporary leave.

Newcastle, Tottenham, Bournemouth and Norwich have declared already that they will furlough some non-playing staff. And now, the Reds have become the latest Premier League club to furlough members of non-playing staff during the Coronavirus pandemic.

Writing on Twitter, Good Morning Britain host and celebrity Arsenal supporter Piers Morgan has led the criticism.

Liverpool have confirmed that the staff affected will receive 80% of their salary through the government’s job retention scheme, while the remaining 20% will be paid by the club.