Spurs fans have been venting their frustrations with club chairman Daniel Levy after it was revealed that the Tottenham Hotspur staff were made aware of their pay cut just 30 minutes before Levy shared the news with the media.
According to the Telegraph (via Talking THFC), the chairman told staff that they would receive a 20% pay cut, which allows the government to cover their wages on the current furlough scheme, just half an hour before he made the news public. The club announced earlier this week that non-playing staff at the club would receive 80% of their wages for April and May, whilst playing staff would continue to receive their full wage.
In the announcement, Levy suggests that the club will continue to review that decision, so we can only hope that the players take a voluntary pay cut to ensure that the non-playing staff continue to earn their full wage.
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Reaction from Spurs fans to the news on Levy can be seen in the tweets below.
Disgusting individual.
— Dan (@ElCapitain82) April 1, 2020
Why doesn’t that surprise me. Makes me sick. Boasts if profit then does this. The man is just greedy. Plain and simple.
— samantha carter (@cinderssc) April 1, 2020
Him and Lewis are the biggest leeches in football.
We got rid of managers to move to the next level. Time they looked in the mirror and realised they need to do the same— Mike Thirkettle (@MikeTHFC1407) April 1, 2020
The guy is poison
— Paul (@paulmagee241) April 1, 2020
Absolutely disgusted with my club & Chairman
— ALISON STUART (@ALISONSTUART17) April 2, 2020
Keeps getting worse.
— Brian O’ Brien (@brianobrien91) April 1, 2020
These Spurs fans are clearly not impressed with Levy’s recent actions.
What do we think?
It is disgraceful that a club the size of Tottenham Hotspur, recently named eighth on the club rich list, is furloughing its non-playing staff while players continue to take 100% of their salaries.