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Professional Footballers’ Association chairman Gordon Taylor will resign from his role by the end of the 2020/21 season. According to the Telegraph, Taylor’s 40-year tenure will come to an end over the next few months following the completion of a review into the PFA which recommends an overhaul of the organisation. Gordon Taylor’s position as PFA…
Gordon Taylor, chief executive of the Professional Footballers’ Association, has told talkSPORT that players may have to accept permanent wage reductions as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. But he will not urge his members to take pay cuts right now, and has insisted the PFA’s reserve funds will NOT be used to help in-trouble…
Simon Jordan has branded the modern football game an ‘insidious carousel of money’ and says the reason chiefs want the Premier League to return during the coronavirus crisis is purely financial. The former Crystal Palace chairman has also hammered Professional Footballers’ Association chief executive Gordon Taylor and his suggestion that matches could be reduced from…
Premier League matches could be shorter than 90 minutes when football returns after the coronavirus pandemic, according to PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor. English top-flight football has been suspended since March 13 because of the ongoing crisis, but clubs remain committed to restarting the 2019/20 season and playing it to completion. PFA chief Taylor claimed…
Sam Allardyce has told talkSPORT he was ’embarrassed’ by Dave Kitson’s passionate bid to tout himself for Gordon Taylor’s job at the PFA. Kitson, the former Reading, Portsmouth, and Stoke forward, has faced a fierce backlash for detailing his plans to replace Taylor as the union’s chief executive. Kitson spent two years playing Premier League…
Dave Kitson has labelled the current set-up at the Professional Players’ Association an ‘absolute shambles’ as the former Reading striker underlined his ambition to oust Gordon Taylor as chief executive. The 40-year-old has launched a 10-point manifesto to overhaul the players’ union, something he’s been working on for 18 months. Former Reading striker Dave Kitson…
Premier League players are on the cusp of launching a multi-million pound charity fund in response to the coronavirus crisis. Talks between all 20 club captains and other senior stars, led by Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson, have resulted in a private pot which players will make sizeable donations to. Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson has organised…
Gordon Taylor, the chief executive of the Professional Footballers’ Association, will continue to receive his £2m-a-year salary in full during the coronavirus pandemic. All union staff over the age of 60 will be paid their full wages Taylor confirmed in an interview with the Guardian, with the 75-year-old PFA chief included in that. Gordon Taylor…
Gordon Taylor has told talkSPORT the Professional Footballers’ Association are in constant contact with Bury players and are helping them through their financial difficulties. The Shakers were expelled from the English Football League on Tuesday and now the 134-year-old club is facing liquidation after a late takeover bid collapsed just hours before the 5pm deadline….
The Professional Footballers’ Association have been working with Bury and Bolton to ensure they survive as football clubs, the union’s chief executive Gordon Taylor has confirmed to talkSPORT. It was announced by the English Football League on Monday that the Shakers’ opening game of the season, against MK Dons, has been suspended as the club…
