PROJECT RESTART: LMA chief highlights importance of neutral venues
League Managers Association chief executive Richard Bevan has warned the season could be cancelled if clubs did not agree to playing at neutral venues. When asked if clubs voted against playing at neutral venues would lead to the season being cancelled, Bevan told BBC Radio 4: “Yes, I think that probably is correct.” “The Government, […]
Calm Ancelotti wants fair play on season restart date
Before the Premier League starts up it must ensure all clubs resume training on the same day, Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti told French newspaper L’Equipe in an interview published on Friday. The Premier League is on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic. It was scheduled to resume on April 30, but club chairmen were meeting […]
Premier League clubs lobby players to take 30 percent pay hit
Premier League clubs will ask players to take a combination of pay cuts and deferrals amounting to 30 percent of their salary due to the financial crisis caused by coronavirus, the league said in a statement on Friday. The league’s highly-paid players have come under increasing pressure to take pay cuts from government officials in […]
Eddie Howe is first Premier League boss to take pay cut
Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe has become the first Premier League boss to take a voluntary pay cut during the coronavirus pandemic. With football suspended since mid-March – and showing few signs of an immediate return – the Cherries manager and other senior staff have taken a cut in wages to help balance the books. The […]
Scenarios for a potential return of the Premier League
English football’s major stakeholders will meet on Friday to discuss their options to rescue a season derailed by the coronavirus outbreak. The Premier League campaign has been postponed until at least April 30 because of the pandemic, but the chances of a return in May look bleak. AFP Sport takes a closer look at the […]
Top ten Premier League records that will never be broken
Liverpool looked certain to win the league, easily smashing different records in the process, that was well….until the coronavirus ground sporting activities to a halt. Here are 10 records that look unbeatable : 10) Oldest player – 43 years and 173 days (John Burridge) More than one-third of the current managers in the Premier and […]
