Premier League clubs have failed the smell test in furloughing their staff | Paul MacInnes


Belts are being tightened across the UK, but it should not be the taxpayer that picks up the bill for a gold-laced league

Under the shadow of coronavirus, new rules are being made and unmade. Things that were unknown and alien a week ago are now, increasingly, part of our daily lives. But some things do not need explaining. They remain instinctual; they feel right, or plain wrong. And the issue of Premier League clubs furloughing their staff is one of them.

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