Tottenham Hotspur like most clubs are caught in a financial mess due to the recent coronavirus pandemic and the club like all others will ask their players to take a pay-cut in order to help their other staff.
The Premier League has recently said they will ask the players to take a 30% pay-cut but that decision is yet to be finalised.
The Arsenal players have already rejected a pay cut which was put forward by their club and it seems the Spurs players could also be walking in that same direction.
Recently, Alderweireld’s agent had made it clear that if the players are forced to take a pay cut then they will be classified as “regular” workers meaning they can choose to leave.
Toby Alderweireld’s agent, Stijn Francis, wrote in the Guardian: “Clubs now asking to reduce player salaries undermine this principle of contractual stability. If clubs insist on a wage reduction, players should be put in the same situation as any regular worker.
“Clubs reducing their players’ wages should accept that the players can terminate their employment for free and these clubs should no longer be able to ask a transfer fee if the player would like to leave.”
And now former Tottenham full-back Alan Hutton has also echoed the same fears based on his experiences at Rangers FC.
Hutton told Football Insider: “I think back to when Rangers went into administration and the same thing happened. Pay cuts and then people left. They terminated their contract. It is a really difficult situation.
“You cannot force people, you need to come to an agreement – a deferral or a wage cut for a certain period and everybody is happy with that I would go along with it.
“But if you forced pay cuts you are going to have all of the players on your back. It would be turning sour if you were doing things like that.
“Everybody’s jobs are up in the air so it is a tough stage but you cannot force people.”
Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho is under real pressure to rebuild his squad for the upcoming season and the last thing he wants on his plate is a full-blooded rebellion.
