Scrambling politicians, cut-throat club execs and an unobliging union have left Premier League players facing familiar ire
A political football is normally the cliche of choice when something that has nothing to do with football is booted back and forth between agencies attempting to deflect blame. These are far from normal times, however, and in the past week football became political even though its practitioners are now self-isolating and invisible. Season suspended or not, Premier League players rounded on by a health secretary struggling to equip his own nurses know exactly how it feels to get a public kicking.
There are, of course, wealthier institutions around the country than football clubs, and many millionaires and corporations that pay less tax. But even when out of sight, the recipients of the stratospheric salaries common in the Premier League – and to a lesser but still significant extent in the EFL – are clearly too obvious a target to be ignored when the rest of the population is being asked to make sacrifices.
Written by Paul Wilson
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2020/apr/05/footballers-wages-premier-league under the title “Own-goals all round as overpaid footballers get their usual kicking | Paul Wilson”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
