Premier league footballers.

Lineker and Neville having a go this morning saying give them time, yes each week that goes by the players get another obscene amount whilst the club workers are struggling. Why is Lineker still getting his full whack as well (of taxpayers money) while theres no football to see, utter gob$hite.

No doubt Lineker will say like most footballers he's got a contract.

Doesn't stop them trying to jump ship halfway through one though.

we should start a go fund me  page for all premier league footballers in these desperate times

There's a few articles flying about - too early in my opinion - predicting the changed state of the world once we come through all this, examining everything from the small and local to the macro and worldwide.

I'd love it  ('luv it!') if we, football fans, developed a more healthy and less obsessive attitude to the sport, with the follow on of less-obscene amounts of cash slooshing round the place.

Bringing Sky down too would be lovely.

fecking pointless having too much money you cant spend all premier footballers should forfeit 80% to fight this virus and it should go pro rata through the leagues

no good having money you cant spend dds

I knew Darren would be on here when I saw the OPs post . As the majority think , not just on here but in society in general, no one should be paid millions of quid kicking a ball about. I dont care about the "demand".. theres much more demand for nurses/ doctors not a ball being booted around once a week by some tw*t on obscene money.

your own club would not be in the Premier League without the huge sums of money, they had a wage bill of over 50 million in the Championship, would not of been able to attract top manager like Nuno, top players like Neves in the second tier, then Traore and Jimenez in the prem.

I dont care about the "demand".. theres much more demand for nurses/ doctors not a ball being booted around once a week by some tw*t on obscene money.

there's a never ending supply of nurses, 300,000 in Britain alone, they are of course much more valuable than footballers, but there is a very limited supply of top level players, just the way the cookie crumbles, these kind of conversations are pointless simply because the money in the game is never going away. People just seem to want to use footballers as punchbags all the time, they pay HUGE taxes and a give a lot to charities - and taxes is what funds the NHS, not as free as everyone says.

which part in particular did you disagree with, thought it was all bog standard common sense stuff. You cannot pay nurses more than footballers because that's the nature of the entertainment industry, it attracts more money.

Henderson who must pay over 3 million a year in tax, tax money that helps funds the NHS and tax money that all those that complain about the money footballers earn, would never pay in their lifetimes themselves! Footballers make their contributions big time to the country. Demanding they're paid less is asking for the NHS to receive less money which is not good.

which part do you disagree with, and explain why! or are you having a long drinking session with moonaxed atm

What we need here is a modern day Niall Quinn,  who will step forward today?

Niall Quinn - First to donate entire lot to charity
Sunderland 0-3 Republic of Ireland

Former Sunderland striker Quinn’s testimonial match against his own nation made headlines for all the right reasons. Not only was it the first of its kind to donate the proceeds to charity instead of the player but the event raised around £1 million.

More than 35,000 supporters attended the match in which most of the money raised went towards children’s hospitals in Wearside, Ireland and India. The remaining amount was donated to help educate children in Africa and Asia.

The event set an example of how testimonial funds should be spent for the future.

It's been 2 weeks or so and you want footballers to start emptying their accounts ? what about the huge reserves the clubs themselves have? what about the the millions and millions of pounds worth of tax and national insurance contributions they've made over the years? they've paid enough in, the onus is not on them. You're basically angry with them even though they've paid much more than you in?

the footballers have earned that money fairly, it's not a moral issue for them. If you want to be angry at anyone it should be Chinese Law which is the root cause, it allows the operation of wet markets that allow the trade of buying and selling animals dead or alive with no hygienic processes in place, I've seen them, blood everywhere, counters, floors, people hands.  Not good.

It comes back down to fans, fans keep paying the money, fans don't want to put the same money into the NHS (on top of what they already do via tax), so it's a dead end conversation, footballers have done nothing wrong.

the point is the onus is not on them, they are not charities and should not be expected to pay out, but I'd not want to be emotionally blackmailed into doing so esp by a health secretary who's not doing a very good job himself, also, the onus is on the government to make sure the NHS they run is adequately supported both financially and in personnel.

Do you have any idea how badly the NHS has been run over years and how much money it has bled, including overpaying vast sums for consultants, middle managements? it's incredible

The players need to get a grip here and particularly the PFA advising them.

The wages they get are obscene, they have been for a long time. You can make an argument that in the good times they generate the funds and are entitled to be well remunerated although most clubs push things beyond their capacity in the chase for glory or alternatively live beyond their means through a benefactor.

The clubs using the government scheme to furlough some employees (lower paid) whilst still playing star players their full salary is wrong and the government should step in this regard.

The solution for me is simple. To protect the long term future of clubs they should take advantage of the government scheme and furlough all employees including players and managers. Limit all wages to £2500. Clubs should freeze all contracts now as the season is suspended but honor the remaining length of the contract. If you have 12 months left today you have 12 months left when we re-start.

If you are earning 50,000 a week that is 2.5million a year these are all multiple year deals. Once you have bought your million pound house and a few flash cars its almost impossible to imagine burning through that level of income. If players are not careful they will bankrupt the clubs. They will then find that when it comes to their next contract their are not only less clubs to play for but the amounts they can offer will reduce significantly.

This virus is going to change the way we see the world and that will include football going forward.

You accuse the health secretary of doing a " bad job" Darren , yet in terms of relevance to this thread he earns in a year what a premier league player earns in 4 days. If you can't see the madness of that as you spend your days " discombobulating " sports discussing Peps tika taka then there's little hope left.

The prime minister generally regarded as the most powerful man in the country who is charged with making decisions that lives depend on under constant scrutiny earns less in a year than a top premier league Nancy earns in a week driving down in his Ferrari for a couple of hours a day at the training ground- it's madness and needs changing

SKY Selling subscriptions to NHS live as we speak.

footballers aren't paid millions for kicking a ball about  ...atleast so i heard a rumour from  the players at  Sutton United and Carshalton .

  they are paid well because they possess the lucky gene.

it's the same category as a lottery winner,famous painter, writer.

as long as you have sky subscribers etc it will fund  the bubble ... ...if people boycott then sky will be back above the papapet offering free matches and then people will be back again ...donkey/ carrot etc

footballers could take a pay cut though and show an example or two perhaps