The chairman of the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee Julian Knight was right to demand of the Chancellor yesterday that a windfall tax be imposed on the clubs if they continue to pursue this two-tier Robin Hood-in-reverse system.
Furlough cash is not free money. It will be the tax payer who stumps up in the end. And the tax payer should not be the mug that frees up Tottenham to keep Harry Kane on £200,000 per week during the crisis.
As for the players themselves, it is time for them to step up.
The average wage of a Premier League footballer is £60,000-per-week. They did not need that amount of money when life was normal; they certainly don’t when all the best barbers and top-end tattoo artists are closed.
At a time when sacrifices are being made all across the country – the ultimate sacrifice in the case of some heroic healthcare workers – it cannot be asking too much for the players to play their financial part.
