EXCLUSIVE: Millwall furloughed a number of their non-playing staff last week - but have now informed their footballing personnel of their intention to place them on the scheme.

Brentford say they can no longer 'reliably forecast' when their new stadium will be completed having been forced to scale back work on the project due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Football Association chairman Greg Clarke has urged players to settle their pay cut disputes, calling on them to 'share the pain' of the coronavirus crisis.

EXCLUSIVE BY IAN HERBERT: Many clubs are increasingly sanguine about losing players, because critical cash flow problems mean they will soon be insolvent.

The Scottish Professional Football League's contentious resolution is resting on just one Championship club that failed to vote by Friday's 5pm deadline. The body received 39 responses.

EXCLUSIVE: Football League clubs have put their squads on mandatory leave - but told their British players not to leave the country. EFL have confirmed training is suspended until May 16.

SPECIAL REPORT - JACK GAUGHAN: The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the need for football to reboot. 'Sustainability' and 'reset' have become buzzwords over the past weeks.

EXCLUSIVE: Football League clubs are growing closer to voting for the introduction of salary caps to safeguard the futures of stricken institutions, Sportsmail can reveal.

EXCLUSIVE BY MIKE KEEGAN: Sources have disclosed that a peace treaty is among a number of measures being discussed by various executives as the COVID-19 crisis continues.

EXCLUSIVE: Championship clubs are pushing increasingly hard for the introduction of a permanent salary cap amid the ongoing battle to force their players into accepting wage cuts.

EFL Chairman Rick Parry has described the coronavirus pandemic as football's most 'challenging issue' other than the two World Wars. He added that football could resume behind closed doors.

Championship strugglers Luton Town have dismissed manager Graeme Jones and three of his coaching staff as the coronavirus lockdown bites down on EFL football.

EXCLUSIVE: Out-of-contract players are going to clash with EFL clubs over plans to ask them to play through July without extra payment. Many are coming to the end of their contracts in June.

The figures come from an annual survey carried out by the EFL titled 'Staff Salary Benchmarking 2019'. Marked 'strictly private and confidential', it was handed to clubs in November.

In a letter to the Football League's Championship, Leagues One and League Two clubs today Parry confirmed the EFL remain in talks with the government about a return date.

Relegation is likely to apply when the Premier League resumes and the FA Cup final has been pencilled in for August 8 at Wembley as more details of football's Project Restart emerged.

EFL chairman Rick Parry has pleaded for a rescue package from the Premier League with clubs financially crippled by the coronavirus crisis. He also branded parachute payments 'evil'.

SIMON JONES: The ugly row behind Charlton Athletic's ownership has taken another twist after police were called in to recoup two club cars from former chairman Matt Southall.

IAN LADYMAN: England's top clubs will survive Covid-19. But for those looking to join them for more than the occasional season, the landscape threatens to become unrecognisable.

NASSER HUSSAIN: You have to think outside the box at times like this and Sky had the idea of trying to emulate Gogglebox with their look at the last day at Headingley.

Amy Schumer is simply smitten with her nearly one-year-old son Gene. So when the giggling little one snatched mom's phone, the comic let her darling little dude play around.

James Blunt messaged me. He owns a pub in Chelsea and wasn't sure if he should close it after the Prime Minister said he was 'suggesting', not ordering, people to avoid pubs

The One Direction star, 24, whose separation from Cheryl was announced on Sunday evening, reportedly challenged French restaurateur Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini, 37, to a fight.

In an extract from his book, Mental: Bad Behaviour, Ugly Truths and the Beautiful Game, Jermaine opened up about how Ashley's then girlfriend was locked out of his flat while they were inside.

Liam Payne, 24, appeared to be focusing all of his attention to new girlfriend Cairo Dwek as the couple were spotted checking into the same hotel in London on Saturday.

Cheryl has hit back at claims that she doesn't get on with her Greatest Dancer co-star Oti Mabuse. 

During an appearance on This Morning, the TOWIE star, 32, maintained that the only surgery she's ever had done to her body was a breast augmentation back in 2014

JOE STRANGE IN TOKYO: You would never have known Tiger Woods was about to make history when he teed off in Japan a week before his record-equalling 82nd win on the PGA Tour.

Deputy Labour leader Tom Watson suggested the Bard would have been pro-EU as he ramped up pressure on Jeremy Corbyn.

Boris Johnson wants to use the Australian immigration system as a template for Britain if he becomes PM. But his current plan does not include a target or pledge to reduce net migration.

The new PM stamped his authority on government as he shipped in a host of Brexiteer ministers - after carrying out a brutal cull of Theresa May loyalists.

Tom Watson today risked an all out Labour civil war as he claimed the 2016 Brexit vote was no longer 'valid' and called for a second referendum to be held before a general election.

My latest research looks at the fundamentals: how voters have reacted to the drama not just of the past few weeks but the years since the EU referendum.

Two Labour leadership hopefuls clashed over Brexit today as Sir Keir Starmer said the row over the UK leaving had been settled but Jess Phillips suggested she could campaign to rejoin the EU.

They may be poles apart sartorially but Ms Watson, 31, has developed a strong working relationship with Boris's adviser since they worked together on Vote Leave before the 2016 EU referendum.

Liverpool will play their first match at the FIFA Club World Cup at the Khalifa International Stadium instead of at the Education City Stadium, which is not yet ready to host matches.

FIFA has been told to take legal action to claw back the two million Swiss francs that was 'unduly' paid by Sepp Blatter to Michel Platini in 2011, following a review by its Governance Committee.

Florentino Perez is said to be putting steps in place to create a new competition that would be comprised of two, 20 team leagues but Sir Alex can't understand why Premier League clubs would want to join it.

The American singer joined an array of international stars for a live show in the Arab state during the ongoing FIFA Club World Cup, which runs from the 11th to the 21st of December.

Klopp has travelled to Qatar with his strongest squad possible ahead of the semi-final against Monterrey, while the club's youngsters will take to the pitch just 24 hours earlier in the Carabao Cup.

Liverpool have been handed a boost after star defender Virgil van Dijk returned to training on Tuesday evening in Qatar. After missing the first session to work alone in the gym, Van Dijk is back.

While Liverpool are on the cusp of tearing up their own record books, one niche trophy continues to elude the Premier League and European titans. Is it now finally time the Club World Cup was ticked off?

MARTIN SAMUEL IN DOHA, QATAR: Late to the World Cup, late to the European Cup, it is no surprise that the Club World Cup continues to be regarded contemptuously by some back home.

KIERAN JACKSON: Ahead of Liverpool's venture in the Club World Cup, a look at all the factors at play and why English sides have notoriously struggled in the competition.

Liverpool are one step away from making the Club World Cup final for the sixth time with Monterrey standing in their way. Sportsmail's Jordan Seward will provide LIVE UPDATES from Qatar.

Bento Miguel Martins, 14, thought he was just accompanying his dad, Eduardo Martins, 38, to the airport in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday to wave him off for his flight to Qatar to watch the FIFA World Cup.

MARTIN SAMUEL AT THE KHALIFA INTERNATIONAL STADIUM: By the time it came to the 85th minute Jurgen Klopp had seen enough. So on came Firmino for Origi.

IAN HERBERT: If anyone was oiling the wheels it was Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, rebuilding his career after an injury which cost him a place in two Champions League finals and a World Cup.

Midfielder Adam Lallana believes winning is an 'addiction' and he and the rest of the squad are hooked on securing more silverware.

The Liverpool centre back has recovered from an illness, which ruled him out of the Club World Cup semi-final against Monterrey on Wednesday evening.