Beating the bug: English stakeholders locked in talks over pay and season restart options

April 2 – English football’s stakeholders have failed to reach agreement over across-the-board player pay cuts as talks continue to find ways of somehow salvaging the domestic season.

Senior representatives from the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA), the Premier League, the EFL (Football League) and the League Managers Association (LMA) discussed several issues arising from the Covid-19 pandemic on Wednesday but said only that talks would continue.

Last month, all professional...