Premier League clubs should reduce wages or face higher taxes – chief

Football lawyer Daniel Geey explains why it’s in the best interest for out of contract players to sign extensions.
Premier League clubs should face a windfall tax unless they tackle the “obscene situation” of players earning fortunes during the coronavirus crisis while other employees take pay cuts, the head of a parliamentary committee said on Thursday.
Talks between the Premier League and the PFA players union over potential wage cuts or deferrals were continuing after no agreement was reached on Wednesday.
Player wages, with some paid many times more per week than the average Briton takes home in a year,…