meanwhile, aston villa's players, 13 coaches and senior management meanwhile, aston villa's players,nt have agreed to defer 25% of their salaries for four months. the premier league strugglers have struck a deal with the squad and won't furlough any staff. so, while there is the potential of a return for football in england, in the netherlands they've decided to end the season with major events in the country banned until the start of september. the decision has been taken to declare the season null and void, so no champions, promotion or relegation. that means there will be no repeat of last season's victory for ajax. they were top on goal difference again this season, but if uefa ratify the decision, they would still qualify for next season's champions league. there is no suggestion that this could happen in england yet, but the head of the dutch fa thinks it would be difficult to conclude the premier league this season. to be honest, seeing what is happening and see things get postponed week by week, how realistic is it that within the next three or four weeks, we will come to a d

meanwhile, aston villa's players, 13 coaches and senior management meanwhile, aston villa's players,5% of their salaries for four months. the premier league strugglers have struck a deal with the squad and won't furlough any staff. so, while there is the potential of a return for football in england, in the netherlands they've decided to end the season with major events in the country banned until the start of september. the decision has been taken to declare the season null and void, so no champions, promotion or relegation. that means there will be no repeat of last season's victory for ajax. they were top on goal difference again this season, but if uefa ratify the decision, they would still qualify for next season's champions league. there is no suggestion that this could happen in england yet, but the head of the dutch fa thinks it would be difficult to conclude the premier league this season. to be honest, seeing what is happening and see things get postponed week by week, how realistic is it that within the next three or four weeks, we will come to a different conclusion? not

football finances continue to be affected with aston villa the latest club to take action.s forfour months to ease the financial impact on the club. non—playing staff will be retained and paid in full during the lockdown, so villa won't be making use of the government furlough scheme. so with sport almost entirely postponed across the country, we've all been looking for new ways to keep our competitive juices flowing, haven't we? and footballers are no different. lots of professionals have been taking part in the ep epremier league invitational, a tournament on the fifa video game. now the fiercely competitive final was between liverpool's trent alexander arnold and wolves‘ diogojota. the match wazs goalless at full time, with jota eventually winning on a golden goal. spare a thought this morning for the thousands of runners who should be waking up, ready to run the london marathon. all that training is now on hold until october 11th at least. it also means that charities are missing out on millions of pounds in fundraising, so the organisers have come up with another way f