https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/52163997As Jermaine Jenas says: "Their hearts are in the right place - they wanted to have control over where money goes," he said. "Essentially, if the players take a wage cut, the beneficiaries are the clubs. They are happy to put money into a pot, rather than it just vanishing. "They want to have an influence as to where this money is going. They don't want to be dictated to by the Premier League - they don't want to have no idea where the money's gone."

Source: BBC April 04, 2020 13:52 UTC