England manager takes wage drop amid crisisFA staff will be furloughed
Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverageGareth Southgate has agreed to take a 30% pay cut as the
Football Association announced it expected losses of more than £150m owing to the coronavirus shutdown.
Southgate is comfortably the FA’s best-paid employee, earning around £3m a year, and the
England manager has voluntarily accepted the cut, initially for the next three months.The FA’s other high earners have signed up to deductions, with the chief executive, Mark Bullingham, and the chairman, Greg Clarke, giving up significant percentages of their salaries. Senior managers in areas such as legal, human resources, finance, communications and IT have agreed 15% cuts – again for three months – and there is to be a furloughing programme for other staff members.