More than 200 footballers endorse call for Gordon Taylor to step down at PFA

• Open letter calls for election of new PFA chief executive
• Robbie Savage, Ian Wright and Chris Sutton among supporters

An open letter calling on the chief executive of the Professional Footballers Association, Gordon Taylor, to step down has been endorsed by more than 200 high profile current and former footballers, the Guardian understands. The letter will call for the election of a new chief executive, to bring an end to Taylor’s 37-year tenure, and supports the call by Ben Purkiss, the PFA chairman, for an independent review of the union.

Former players among the large number who put their names to supporting such a letter, which is intended to be sent to the PFA’s management committee, include Robbie Savage, Ian Wright and Chris Sutton. The players expressed support for the letter within just a few hours of the proposed letter being circulated on Sunday morning,

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