FILE PHOTO: Football - The FA England Awards - St Georges Park, Burton - 3/2/2013 PFA Chairman Gordon Taylor during the awards Mandatory Credit: Action Images / Andrew Boyers
(Reuters) - Premier League footballers were unfairly asked by the British government to take a paycut during the coronavirus outbreak when hedge-fund managers and bankers were not subjected to similar demands, players' union chief Gordon Taylor has said.
Britain's Health Minister Matt Hancock sparked a debate last week when he said Premier League players must "play their part" and take a pay cut while the league was suspended so that the clubs' non-playing staff are not furloughed.
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