West Ham has become the latest Premier League club to announce its players will defer some wages as the competition is suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic. West Ham did say manager David Moyes, vice chair Karren Brady and finance director Andy Mollett are taking a 30 percent pay reduction. West Ham says ``the savings created by the measures above will support the entire infrastructure of the club and enable us to retain jobs and continue to pay 100 percent of staff salaries.'' Southampton said Thursday that its players would defer three months' wages. Premier League clubs as a collective had hoped squads would all cut wages by 30 percent but the players' union rejected the proposal.-AP.

Source: The Standard April 11, 2020 04:07 UTC