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We know the NHS hasn't been funded the way it should have been for many years now and as an ex-footballer there have been times when we had to reduce our wages to help our local community or our club in poor times. That's fine.

I think every player will be on board. If that club and the non-playing staff are going to lose out I am 100% sure the players will all chip in and make sure to look after the staff who look after them.

There's a whole team. It's your coaching staff, your kitchen staff, your matchday staff that make everything tick and get everything ready for you as a player to go out there and perform.

It's a difficult situation for everyone, especially for the clubs with high-paid players and a lot of staff. This is what Everton need to be applauded for.

Everton came out very, very early and said that staff would be paid 100% and even the matchday staff who turn up to Goodison Park every week.

I think Denise Barrett-Baxendale and everyone at the club deserve great plaudits for that. Everton were probably one of the first clubs to come out and say that.

That's great and that's what Everton is all about. We're the People's Club. You look at other clubs who have used the government scheme that has come out to protect vulnerable businesses and it shows the greed and the bad side of people and businesses.

You see the good and the bad but luckily Everton are on the good side. They have came out early and protected everybody. Yeah, we all want football to resume but there are bigger things going on now.

If you look at Everton's books they lost over £100m in the last 12 months. It would have been an easier step to take the government scheme and in the bigger picture they want to bring money in to push for the top four and to challenge.

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It would have been the easier decision but they need the plaudits for the bigger picture. On the business side of things it's more of a model.

The players are lucky to be part of Everton Football Club and it also shows how much the community means for Everton.

If it wasn't for the community and the local fans the club would be nothing and to protect that was 100% right. At other clubs it has been disappointing to see.

Football is an easy target but that is the business we're in. I feel like every footballer in the land will put their hand in their pocket to help everyone.

They do earn a lot of money and pay a lot of tax and do have their own private charities as well and want to help the NHS as much as possible.

With the PFA involved I think they have taken overall control of this to understand how to maximise the amount of money we can raise.

They reckon they can fund a lot more money but want to make sure it goes to the right people and not the clubs or the owners. They want it to go to the right people at the NHS and that does take time.

It's sad to see that day-by-day because there is not much to talk about there is bad press about football but I'm 100% behind every footballer and I am sure they will make the right decision as quickly as possible to get the protection the NHS need.

It's up to the PFA now to come up with an agreement that will suit everybody.