Tottenham fans go public to beg Spurs chiefs to reverse the furloughing plans

Published on: 07 April 2020

Tottenham's official supporters' group have gone public with their criticism of the club's decision to furlough non-playing staff, begging them to reverse their decision.

As it stands, Spurs are paying their players full wages, while the club's 550 non-playing staff have been furloughed and have lost 20 per cent of their income.

Liverpool opted to do the same, but after a furious backlash from fans have now apologised and reversed their decision, but Spurs continue to press on.

In a strong request on Twitter, the club's main fan group - Tottenham Hotspur Supporters' Trust - wrote: 'We have been saying consistently @SpursOfficial - pause and rethink.

'We are now saying it clearly and in public - do not further damage the Club's reputation, listen to your fans.'

Jan Vertonghen was reported to have given a glimpse into the players' views on the matter when he liked a tweet explaining that Liverpool had reversed their decision to furlough non-playing staff. As of Monday morning, he had unliked the tweet.

Currently, Tottenham are pressing on with their plans to use the government's bail-out scheme, in which they pay 80 per cent of an employee's wages.

This is despite the Champions League regulars posting profits of £69million last year, and a huge backlash from fans, politicians and the media.

MP for Tottenham David Lammy took to Twitter and said: 'It's criminal that Premier League footballers haven’t moved more quickly to take pay cuts and deferrals. And completely wrong that taxpayers are now being asked to subsidise cleaners, caterers and security guards at these clubs instead.'

Harry Redknapp, former Tottenham and Portsmouth manager, told the BBC: 'I'm a bit disappointed they've used that scheme to keep workers on. These people are so important to every football club, the club shouldn't be taking the government's money to be paying them.

'The players need to have a meeting among themselves and from their heart, say "I think it would be a good idea, let us take a wage cut, not deferred wages, we can afford to take a cut, whether its five, 10 per cent, but do it from the heart."

'When the government brought this scheme out I thought it was for businesses who couldn't afford to keep workers on, I didn't think it was for the use of top Premier League clubs.'

Source: m.allfootballapp.com

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