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Liverpool reverse decision to furlough staff after fierce criticism

Liverpool reverse decision to furlough staff after fierce criticism

  • Club had said they would furlough around 200 staff
  • Chief executive says Liverpool ‘truly sorry’ for mistake

Liverpool have reversed a controversial decision to put around 200 non-playing staff on furlough following widespread criticism of their plans to use the government’s coronavirus job retention scheme.

The world’s seventh-richest football club announced on Saturday that it was to follow Newcastle, Tottenham, Norwich and Bournemouth in furloughing non-playing staff during the coronavirus crisis, with the taxpayer effectively paying 80% of the wages of those affected and the club paying the remaining 20%.

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