Former Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has criticised his old boss Daniel Levy for cutting the wages of non-playing staff amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
Levy, who is the club's chairman, announced on Tuesday that 550 non-playing staff would take a 20% pay cut as a result of the global pandemic, with the elite players at the club currently still taking home their normal salary.
Redknapp thinks Spurs' top earners should voluntarily donate a proportion of their salary to the NHS, and hit out at the club's actions.
Speaking on the 'Arry Redknapp Podcast , he said: "I can’t believe it. Surely players should be taking a cut. This isn’t for big clubs like Tottenham.
"I thought the Government were going to pay ordinary people who are struggling and help small businesses who are struggling.
"But you are talking here about a club where their players earn £10-12million a year.
"Tottenham are owned by Joe Lewis, one of the richest men in the world, and his club are cutting the wages of all their non-football staff by 20 per cent. I can’t believe it.
"Here is a club where the average player earns £80,000, £90,000, £100,000 a week."
The 73-year-old pleaded with players to call a meeting and make a decision about donating money, adding: "Surely, players should be taking a cut.
"I know their minds and they don’t want to be going it alone but they will do it if all their team-mates do it.
"They can all afford to hand over ten per cent and I’d like to see the captain of every Premier League club call a meeting and say, ‘Come on, guys, we are all in it together, let’s donate to help our staff’.
"They can all have a meeting by phone. They all know the importance of helping out the staff and they will want to help — they know there are a lot of people struggling."
