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Government to clamp down on Premier League clubs not reducing players' wages but furloughing staff

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The Chancellor has been urged to get tough on Premier League clubs for refusing to ask their millionaire stars to take a wage cut due to the coronavirus crisis.

MP Julian Knight, chairman of the Government's 'Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee' has written to Rishi Sunak demanding he impose a windfall tax on top flight clubs.

Knight is seething that the likes of Tottenham and Newcastle have refused to cut the multi-million pound salaries of players while still taking advantage of the Government's furlough scheme.

He has now urged the Chancellor to bring in sanctions against any clubs that continue to pursue what is described as a 'two-tier system' after Tuesday.

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