Barcelona chief Josep Bartomeu explained that the board has been in dialogue with the players for 10 days, trying to come to an agreement to avoid the public war of words which ensued.

ALISON BOSHOFF: With Prince Charles not asking for help from the Government's coronavirus furlough scheme - but Victoria Beckham among those taking it - it's sparking furious debate.

Sources say the chart-topper singer, worth close to £200m, has told his employees at Notting Hill restaurant Bertie Blossoms, that he will pay their wages in full.

Bolton's players have finally been paid up to five months of overdue wages after the League One side went into administration back in May.

The goalkeeper's current deal is set to expire in 2021 but he and the club have not seen eye to eye over discussions on an extension.

PETE JENSON IN SPAIN: If Barcelona are the club most struggling with the financial consequences of the Coronavirus because of their huge over-spend, Atletico Madrid are not far behind them.

The Spanish giants needed to make cuts across the club to guarantee their financial stability, with most teams around the world struggling in the face of the global pandemic.

The Premier League giants have been long-term admirers of the 25-year-old Spanish international but he has a release clause of £135million in his Atletico contract.

Players at the Madrid-based club feared for their futures when the coronavirus led to football's shutdown. But Partey has stepped in to put the squad's minds at rest.

Gloucester have informed players and staff that their wages will be slashed by 25 per cent and several rivals are set to follow suit, amid fears of a looming financial apocalypse.

Manchester United are counting the cost of having Falcao on loan, with the striker having collected over £3m in wages since his last shot on target

Radamel Falcao has agreed to take a 50 per cent wage cut for the chance to prove he is not a Premier League flop. The Colombian’s season-long loan move to Chelsea was ratified on Friday.

Radamel Falcao will be given his first Chelsea start in the League Cup at Walsall and the match will be the Colombian striker's latest big chance to show he isn’t a flop.

The England boss will see his £3m salary cut over the next three months, sacrificing £225,000, with England Women's manager Phil Neville and Under-21s boss Aidy Boothroyd also impacted

MATT HUGHES - AHEAD OF THE GAME: The 30-year-old Gabon striker is in talks over a new contract and his demands represent more than a 30 per cent increase on his existing deal.

Martin Bray, a councillor with the Onkaparinga local government area south of Adelaide, estimates residents are paying more than $42,000 for sewage maintenance for just 32 hours of work a year.

Chief executives of FTSE 100 companies earned £3.46million on average in 2018, or the equivalent of £901.30 an hour. The shocking wage disparity was revealed by an institute and a think-tank.

Invoking the Germany Army's historical strategy of 'Auftragstaktik', the policy helps ISIS carry out attacks abroad when its chain of command is restricted by Western intelligence agencies.

Australian workers are failing to get a decent pay rise, whether they work in the public service or on a construction site. CommSec said high population growth was keeping a lid on wages.

ALISON BOSHOFF: With Prince Charles not asking for help from the Government's coronavirus furlough scheme - but Victoria Beckham among those taking it - it's sparking furious debate.

Prisoners in at least eight Florida state-run penitentiaries will strike on Monday, which falls on Martin Luther King Jr Day, it was reported on Sunday.

The virus outbreak has seen the Premier League postpone all matches and some clubs have used the government scheme to furlough several staff, but Villa will not be following suit.

Michelle Visage and James Jordan engaged in a war of words on Twitter on Monday.

Will Smith, 57, looked cheerful in the driver's seat, as a production crew towed him around in a vintage Volkswagen, with a police escort, as cameras recorded him in the van for the scene.

Given that most Indians are unlikely to be tested for COVID-19, scientists are taking a cue from the country's surveillance programme for polio and turning to sewage to get a clearer snapshot of how many people are infected with the coronavirus. Wastewater epidemiology is a valuable tool to monitor the spread of the novel coronavirus in communities, said Manish Kumar of the Indian Institute of Technology in Gandhinagar who is working with an international team of collaborators on the project.The wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) global collaboration comprises over 50 institutes and researchers headed by Kyle James Bibby of the University of Notre Dame in the US. The group is coordinating sampling and analytical protocols as well as data-sharing so that results obtained can be compared on

The Scottish Rugby Union this week proposed reductions ranging from 10 to 25 per cent over a five-month period for all players earning more than £50,000 in response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Leicester Tigers captain Tom Youngs has confirmed players are still in dispute with the club over pay cuts.

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: Premier League managers are siding with clubs in the battle over wages, with the majority ready to accept a temporary cut.

After fans slammed Lady Gaga's father for asking for $50,000 to support restaurant staff's wages amid the coronavirus pandemic, he has shut down the GoFundMe page.

PETE JENSON IN SPAIN: The four-times Champions League winner flew to London to meet with his agent on Monday and Spanish media speculated that he will be allowed to join Jiangsu Suning.

Defra confirmed it is conferring with scientists about whether wastewater can help trace the spread of the deadly infection. It could become part of the government's plan to ease Britain out of lockdown.

England's top cricketers joined the rush of sports stars doing their bit to fight the coronavirus crisis when they pledged £500,000 to the ECB and 'good causes'. 

The anomaly at the heart of Right Or Wrong: The Memoir Of Lord Bell: half the time, Bell is bragging about preferring lying to telling the truth. The other half, he is standing on his high horse. 

Brazil star Neymar, who joined PSG from Barcelona for £198million back in August 2017, is by far the division's top earner - pocketing around £2.6million a month before tax.

Noel 'El Flaco' Salgueiro - founder of the ruthless Gente Nueva hit squad - was taken into the custody of the FBI on Thursday and transferred to a jail in El Paso, Texas, on a narcotics charge.

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: Players at all counties with the exception of Surrey have already taken wage cuts of up to 20 per cent and talks are planned for next week over another salary sacrifice.

The 26-year-old, who has made 23 league appearances this campaign for the side top of the second division, has his concerns over player safety amid the coronavirus crisis.

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: The contracts are in addition to the introduction of salary caps, which are likely to be set at £2.5million in League One and £1.25million in League Two.

Serie B goalkeeper Alberto Paleari says footballers cannot be expected to give up their wages like Cristiano Ronaldo because he will not struggle financially.

As reported by The Telegraph, Championship clubs held a conference call on Friday during which the issue of wages was discussed where many of the league's top stars could take big pay cuts.

Birmingham's teenage sensation has attracted interest from United and Borussia Dortmund and already has offers on the table from both clubs.

The PFA are on a collision course with several Championship clubs after Birmingham urged their players defer up to 50 per cent of their salaries for the rest of the season. 

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: Many of Birmingham's players have agreed to defer up to 50 per cent of their wages from April to help ensure all the non-footballing staff will be paid in full

EXCLUSIVE: EFL clubs want to access funds made available to business as part of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak last week.

PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor has said the union oppose a blanket wage deferral for players, fearing clubs will try to cash in on the coronavirus crisis.

There is a clamour for footballers to cut their wages at the moment but not every one of us is an affluent millionaire. If you are playing in the lower leagues, you can't afford to take a wage cut.

In the Championship, things are not always simple. Players are under pressure from the public to take cuts, but it's not easy, as the discrepancy between what lads earn at this level can be huge.

MARTIN SAMUEL: Group administration would see every Championship club placed into administration on the same day. Staff would be temporarily let go. Players would become free agents.

Sportsmail reported last week that they would become the first Championship club to place their players on the government scheme designed to mitigate the impact of coronavirus.

Gary Neville is 'acting as a peacemaker' in the ongoing dispute over wage cuts between English Football League clubs and players during the coronavirus crisis, according to The Sun.