Eni Aluko has incited a Twitter spat with former Chelsea team-mate Bethany England with comments made about the UK’s coronavirus furlough scheme.
The scheme sees employees put on leave receive 80 per cent of their monthly wages, up to a limit of £2,500, and has recently been extended through to October.
Aluko attracted widespread criticism with a series of tweets on Tuesday and Wednesday, including a suggestion that furloughing “is needed but has created a culture of do-nothing entitlement”.
Replying to one user, Aluko wrote: “Well unfortunately death is a daily occurence (sic) in all parts of the world before this crisis.