London (AFP)
Danny Rose, Newcastle defender, said Saturday that discussions were underway between the players of the Premier League, the day after the announcement of its intention to lower the wages of players in the midst of a coronavirus pandemic.
"We are all eager to make a difference," Rose told the BBC. "Negotiations had already been started in this direction before people outside the world of football expressed their criticism," continued the player loaned to Newcastle by Tottenham.
A barely veiled allusion to the statements Thursday of the British Minister of Health, Matt Hancock, inviting professional football players to take their share of the national effort. Statements approved on Friday by a spokesperson for Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
"We just don't need people who have nothing to do with the world of football to dictate to footballers what to do with their money. I find it so weird," said the player, which a London hospital revealed that he had made a private donation of 19,000 pounds sterling (21,500 euros).
"I have been on the phone with Jordan Henderson", captain of Liverpool, still recalls Danny Rose as Henderson leads discussions between captains of the Premier League clubs on the type of action to be taken and initiatives to be taken in this crisis period.
"I can only speak for myself, but I would have no problem paying part of my salary to those who are fighting on the front lines and to those affected by what is happening right now," said also clarified Danny Rose.
"What stands out now is the 30% reduction (in our salaries). We are judged every day of our lives. The time has come to go ahead and make a donation," said hand said Conor Coady, the captain of Wolverhampton.
These various positions take place the day after the announcement by the leaders of the Premier League to see the wages of players reduced by 30% to cope with the current crisis.
The wages of English players are among the last in Europe not to be affected.
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