Three decades after helping to establish what became the world's richest football competition, former Tottenham chairman Alan Sugar assessed the Premier League's financial landscape with growing concern and spoke out about players who have refused to accept reduced wages as clubs attempt to cut costs amid the coronavirus outbreak.
"There's a lot of problems ahead for the Premier League," Sugar told The Associated Press. "There's no question of that. I think the situation is dire."
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The coronavirus pandemic shut down the English league a month ago and there is no clue when games can resume.