Professional Footballers’ Association chief executive Gordon Taylor has warned there must be no relaxation of rules relating to the financial conduct of clubs as the union continues discussions on wage deferrals. A division-by-division agreement may not be possible, Taylor concedes, but he suggested a task force could assess deferrals at clubs on a case-by-case basis. Gordon Taylor insists teams cannot buy players if they defer wages (Steven Paston/PA)He told the PA news agency: “It’s not a time to be relaxing regulations on financial propriety when we have already had problems with Football League clubs such as Bury. “If a club is doing deferrals then the regulations state that they would be embargoed from signing any players,” he said. “We feel it’s much better if we have a task force, and that we look at particular clubs in particular divisions through that means in order to justify things to the players.

Source: Express March 31, 2020 17:37 UTC