Sound of Football Podcast 409 - Footballers v Coronavirus

The decision of some Premier League clubs to take advantage of the Government's furlough scheme to pay their non-playing staff during the Coronavirus crisis has drawn criticism from across the political spectrum but why is the focus of that criticism focusing on the players rather than the club owners?

Was Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, right to demand Premier League players take a pay cut in these troubled times, or was it purely a populist tactic to deflect criticism of his own government's handling of the Coronavirus outbreak?

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