Derby players, coaching staff accept wage deferrals as pandemic halts play


  • Football
  • Wednesday, 29 Apr 2020

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - FA Cup Fifth Round - Derby County v Manchester United - Pride Park, Derby, Britain - March 5, 2020 Derby County's Wayne Rooney reacts REUTERS/Andrew Yates

(Reuters) - Derby County's first-team players, coaches, management and non-furloughed staff have accepted "substantial" wage deferrals to help negate the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Championship (second-tier) club has said.

British media reports said Derby captain Wayne Rooney was leading talks on behalf of his teammates against a proposal by the club to defer wages of players by 50% and the striker's spokesperson had said he was not in a "wage war".

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