Premier League clubs to ask players to take pay cuts

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  • A meeting between the 20 English top-flight clubs also agreed to indefinitely extend the suspension of the season until it is "safe and appropriate" for football to return.

LONDON

Premier League clubs will ask players to take a combination of pay cuts and deferrals amounting to 30 percent of their salary, the league said in a statement on Friday.

A meeting between the 20 English top-flight clubs also agreed to indefinitely extend the suspension of the season until it is "safe and appropriate" for football to return.