Premier League owners are asking everyone else to recompense their costs Having bullied the players they now need their help to survive coronavirus crisis

                                                                                                      when the nation was plunged into a crisis and football’s rainy day came, the Premier League’s billionaire owners had a simple message for us: there’s nothing left. 

And as they delivered it, they asked everyone else to recompense them for what they had squandered.

They asked us, the taxpayers, by applying to the Government’s furlough scheme to help pay lower-paid staff. And most of all, they asked the players. They treated them like children. They bullied them and patronised them and then they begged them. And they seemed surprised when the players did not respond with obeisance in the meeting between the two sides on Saturday.

Here is something worth remembering as we contemplate football’s civil war: no one loves football because of its pen-pushers and its men in suits. No one would pay a penny to watch Daniel Levy do his accounts. No one wants to be in on the moment when Ed Woodward seals a deal with a noodle sponsor. No one wants to watch Stan Kroenke count his money.

Premier League proposed £20m donation plus measures including wage cut Statement claimed a 30 per cent wage cut would cost £200million in lost taxes

                                                                                                           Premier League players led by the likes of Jordan Henderson, Harry Maguire, Kevin De Bruyne, Mark Noble and Cesar Azpilicueta will agree to radical wage deferrals but want more control on how the money is spent, insisting that it goes to the NHS and supports the lower league football pyramid.

Managers such as Jurgen Klopp, Pep Guardiola, Jose Mourinho, Frank Lampard and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer joined the above players and Premier League executives on a video conference call, as footballers placed the ball firmly back in the court of the Premier League clubs, who courted bad publicity with the news that Liverpool are taking Government money to place staff on furlough leave.

Arsenal's head of football Raul Sanllehi may look to sign Jesse Lingard The 27-year-old is said to have lost the confidence of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

                                                                                                            Arsenal trying to sign Lingard before next season, especially if Dani Ceballos' loan move is not made permanent. 

Last month it was reported that United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had lost confidence in Lingard, and would be willing to let him go as part of a clearout at the end of the season. Arsenal's head of football Raul Sanllehi is said to be one of the favourites to get in contact with Lingard's controversial agent Mino Raiola. 

Superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is being kept in pristine condition by his girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez cutting his hair

                                                                                                              Cristiano Ronaldo is the latest player to undergo a haircut during lockdown, with his girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez taking up the clippers to keep the superstar looking stylish.

The Juventus talisman has recently sported a top-knot this season, but may be about to debut an entirely new look after uploading a video of his model partner stepping up to the mark.

Marcus Rashford picked Cristiano Ronaldo on the left and Ryan Giggs on right He named his former team-mate Rooney as the best player he'd played with United forward

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  The 22-year-old forward has scored 41 goals in 133 appearances for the Red Devils since making his debut in 2015.
He has also bagged 10 goals in 38 games for England.   But despite his impressive record, the boyhood United fan does not feel he is up to the level of some of the other Old Trafford icons.  

Rashford said on an Instagram Live: 'At the back I'd have Rio Ferdinand. I'd probably have [David] De Gea, but it was a close one between [Edwin] van der Sar. 

Juventus may sell Cristano Ronaldo as plan life after Ccronavirus.

                                         

     Juventus may  sell Cristano Ronaldo as plan  life  after  Ccronavirus. 

Matthijs de Ligt has failed to adapt to life at Juventus in nightmare debut season De Ligt lost his place to Merih Demiral before the Turk was injured in January

                                                                                                        De Ligt was one of the hottest properties in European football last summer when he turned down a number of clubs to join Juve for £67.5million after leading Ajax to the semi-finals of the Champions League.

Lionel Messi hit out at the Barcelona board this week in regards to a paycut Barca star stated he and his team-mates would take a 70 per cent drop in wages

                                                                                                         In these times of boredom let’s play: ‘Who’s the bad guy?’ That’s what Barcelona seemed to have been up to this week with club captain Lionel Messi up against president Josep Bartomeu.

Bartomeu had announced on Thursday that the club was implementing across the board pay-cuts for all employees. The details were not given but it was made clear the first-team footballers were not in favour of the idea. That was not a good look for Messi and company.

Liverpool star Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain uses lockdown to work on his golf game Oxlade-Chamberlain got his pop star girlfriend Perrie Edwards to film him

                                                                                                           Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is making the most of the coronavirus lockdown by focusing on his golf game.

In normal circumstances, Oxade-Chamberlain would be preparing the Premier League run-in with Liverpool, but he, as everyone else, has had to find other activities to pass the time.

The 26-year-old, a keen golfer, decided on Tuesday to focus his efforts on his work around the green.With a wedge in hand, Oxlade-Chamberlain spent time chipping balls into a net while girlfriend Perrie Edwards stood back and filmed the action on Instagram.

The Liverpool star offers his own unique commentary, making reference to the Masters, which this year has been postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak, by adding: 'As the rain falls down here at Augusta.'

Lyle has risen to prominence since founding AFTV in 2012, a YouTube channel that follows and airs the views of passionate Arsenal fans throughout the club's season.

                                                                                                  Lyle has risen to prominence since founding AFTV in 2012, a YouTube channel that follows and airs the views of passionate Arsenal fans throughout the club's season. The channel has more than 800 million views on YouTube.
The 48-year-old was formerly a radio DJ and an underground reggae star, known as Crucial Robbie. ITV cameras spent time with Lyle to learn of his experiences as a black football fan in Robbie Lyle: Football Fans Under Their Skin, which airs tonight at 10.45pm.                            

Alexis Sanchez has flopped since moving to Inter Milan on loan last summer He has been struck down by injuries and has fallen down the pecking order

                                                                                                  Inter Milan are reportedly set to turn down the chance to extend Alexis Sanchez's loan deal following what has been a disappointing season in Italy for the Manchester United player.

The 31-year-old has started just two Serie A matches during an injury-hit campaign and is now likely to return to Old Trafford before a decision is made over what to do about his long-term future.

Kobe Bryant tragically died in a California helicopter crash on January 26 He was killed in accident along with his daughter Gianna and seven others The towel he wore on his final NBA appearance in 2016 has been sold

                                                                                                     The towel that was draped over the shoulders of Kobe Bryant during his farewell speech following his final NBA game sold for over $33,000 (£27,000) at an online auction.

The Lakers star ended his speech at Staples Center in Los Angeles with his trademark 'Mamba Out' before walking off the court. A fan grabbed the towel, beginning a stretch in which that souvenir has been sold multiple times.

The winning bid for the towel on Sunday – along with two tickets from the game on April 13, 2016 – was $33,077.16 (£26,666.81). 

The Premier League are working on plans to restart the season in early May Games would be played behind closed doors, with season finished by July 12

                                                                                                           The Premier League are working on an ambitious plan to restart the season behind closed doors on the first weekend of May with a scheduled finish date of Sunday July 12.

The proposals, which will be discussed in detail on a conference call of the 20 clubs on Friday, would need to be endorsed by the Government, public health bodies and the PFA. But they are seen as the best way to mitigate the financial losses and potential legal threats caused by the coronavirus shutdown.

The Premier League's best-case scenario of a May resumption stems largely from their obligations to and financial reliance on broadcasters, who have a watertight £3billion-a-year deal which expires on July 31, with next season's deal kicking in the following day. It is understood that under the terms of the TV contracts the cut-off point to finish this season is July 16, and if the campaign is not completed by that date Sky Sports, BT Sport and the international rights-holders could demand rebates totalling as much as £762million.

The broadcasters are pushing the Premier League to provide clarity as soon as possible, as they are losing subscribers at a rapid rate and want to know when they can expect their schedules to return to normal.