JOSH WINDASS has hit out at the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock after the politician called for footballer's wages to be slashed.
Clubs from the Premier League to League Two in England have already placed non-playing staff on furlough leave under the Government's coronavirus job retention scheme but pressure is mounting on players to accept wage cuts or deferrals.
Hancock weighed into the debate during Thursday's daily government briefing to urge top-flight professionals to "make a contribution, take a pay cut and play their part".
But Windass, now on the books at Sheffield Wednesday on loan from Wigan, has hit back at Hancock's suggestion on Twitter, arguing that Manchester United star Marcus Rashford has done plenty to help his local community.
Marcus Rashford has paid for 400 thousand people to be fed in Manchester , that’s more than all Matt hancocks hedge funded mates have done I’m sure ? https://t.co/1YjXRapdiE
— Joshua Windass (@WindassJnr) April 2, 2020
And the former Ibrox ace suggested that executives in the financial sector, in particular hedge fund managers, should be doing more to help society during the coronavirus pandemic.
"Marcus Rashford has paid for 400 thousand people to be fed in Manchester," Windass wrote.
"That’s more than all Matt Hancock's hedge funded mates have done I’m sure?"
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