AFC Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe has become the first manager in the English top-flight to take a voluntary pay cut amid the ongoing Coronavirus crisis.
Howe’s assistant Jason Tindall, Chief Executive Neill Blake and technical director Richard Hughes have also taken pay cuts.
AFC Bournemouth issued a statement on twitter: ‘’The club can confirm that Chief Executive Neill Blake, first team technical director Richard Hughes and assistant manager Jason Tindall have taken significant, voluntary pay cuts.”
The club can confirm chief executive Neill Blake, first team technical director Richard Hughes, manager Eddie Howe and assistant manager Jason Tindall have taken significant, voluntary pay cuts. #afcb 🍒https://t.co/IJ7A4h5nhp
— AFC Bournemouth 🍒 (@afcbournemouth) April 1, 2020
Bournemouth have also placed a number of staff on paid leave using the government’s furlough scheme. Through the scheme, the workers will be paid 80% of their wages and the club will top-up the remainder.
Other Premier League sides that have placed their non-football staff on furlough are Norwich City, Tottenham Hotspurs and Newcastle United.
The Cherries sit at position 18 in the Premier League table with 27 points after 29 games.
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