Gillingham chairman Paul Scally has warned players must take wholesale wage cuts - or 1,000 of them will end up on the dole.
Scally insists players at all levels from Premier League down to League Two will have to drastically reduce their contracts to save football from the coronavirus crisis.
Businessman Scally believes up to 45 clubs in the EFL will be in danger while unless the “reset button” is pressed and even top flight clubs will struggle to pay wages.
Scally, one of the biggest voices in the EFL, believes there should be a “solidarity plan” where every club in all four divisions comes together and: AGREE wholesale wage cuts and not to poach players from each other so players will have to accept it WEALTHY Premier League giants
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