PFA’s Gordon Taylor faces pressure over ‘scandalous’ £2.2m salary

• Head of PFA received basic wage of £1.2m
• Graeme Le Saux: ‘It’s wrong on so many levels’

Gordon Taylor is under pressure to offer a justification for his £2.2m salary as chief executive of the Professional Footballers Association, which last year included a £777,000 bonus.

The publication of the PFA accounts shows in 2016-17 Taylor received a basic wage of £1.2m, a bonus of £780,000 and £271,300 in employers’ National Insurance contributions. This is equivalent to around £6,275 a day or £44,000 a week, giving Taylor parity with many of the highest paid Premier League players he represents.

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