Statement from Christian Purslow: Wage deferral etc

[nevillain]

https://www.avfc.co.uk/News/2020/04/25/25-april-update

[Legion]

In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic the thoughts of everyone at Aston Villa are with those families suffering loss and the incredible NHS staff who are risking their own safety to help so many others.

The club remains fully committed to serving our local communities through the Aston Villa Foundation and we want to help and ensure our people and our resources can be put to use while we are not playing football.

Consequently we have made all our facilities available to the multi agencies working so hard to protect people during this time of national emergency.

I am pleased to announce today measures to protect the livelihoods of our precious staff and their families.

First-team players, first-team coaches and senior management have all agreed to defer 25 per cent of their salaries for four months to assist the club during this period of uncertainty with a further review taking place at the end of this period.

During the two seasons since Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens rescued Aston Villa they have supported and funded the rebuilding of the Club with a huge level of personal financial investment.

They are continuing to provide substantial funding which, combined with these significant salary deferrals, enables Aston Villa to confirm that all non-football staff - full and part time - will be retained and paid in full throughout the lockdown. There will be no furloughing of staff.

Our players and staff feel great solidarity with the many clubs in the football pyramid who have financial problems and we believe it is right and proper that the Premier League as a whole takes action on its finances collectively to enable it to be able to continue to provide vital funding throughout the game in England.

Stay Home, Protect The NHS, Save Lives.

[steamer]

Well done Aston Villa

[Chap]

We are a class act.

[cdbearsfan]

Good stuff, well done Villa.

[Toronto Villa]

I see by comparison Norwich have reaffirmed their position and will continue to furlough non playing staff. Chelsea's players also made a proposal of wage cuts a lot less than the one our players agreed to and rejected a proposed higher number.

[manic-road]

Class act from a class club.

[wally58]

It makes me proud to be a supporter of such a wonderful club.
Well done the owners and players of Aston Villa.
   UTV Forever

[SaddVillan]

"If there is a club in the country which deserves to be dubbed the greatest (and the matter is one of some delicacy) few will deny the right of Aston Villa to share the highest niche of fame with even the most historic of other aspirants. For brilliancy and, at the same time, for consistency of achievement, for activity in philanthropic enterprise, for astuteness of management and for general alertness, the superiors of Aston Villa cannot be found."

William McGregor

True then, true now.

[VillaBoy_23]

This lockdown has reaffirmed my love for the club and this only serves to reaffirm it further. Up the Villa

[eamonn]

I see by comparison Norwich have reaffirmed their position and will continue to furlough non playing staff. Chelsea's players also made a proposal of wage cuts a lot less than the one our players agreed to and rejected a proposed higher number.

Ours is a wage deferral though, not a cut. Still, fair play.

I imagine Jack, leading the players' stance as captain, is eager to make amends after his sillybillying the other week.

[Cliftonville Villlain]

We have never needed to do the right thing. There's always been a quiet dignity about the Villa which ensured we always did. The benchmark for all others.

[dave shelley]

As ever, Aston Villa = Class.

[Pete3206]

Bravo

[mr underhill]

i shudder to think how much money these two have pumped into Villa since taking over, especially during the last five months or so since Coronavirus started to develop and their various business interests started to take a hit.