Fans of Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur are urging their players to take a pay cut following a backlash over furloughing backroom staff.

Earlier this week workers at the club, such as office staff and cleaners, were put on the Government's furlough scheme.

However, this sparked a row as executives and players at the club cotinue to be paid in full.

The club's chairman Daniel Levy has taken a pay cut.

The Tottenham Hotspur Supporters Trust are asking players to take a voluntary cut.

In a statement, the Trust said: "We have strongly recommended that the club explains the detail and nuance to supporters with far more clarity than it has currently, and we hope it will take that advice.

"What has most angered fans, who care that their club does the right thing, is that an organisation that is perceived to be very wealthy is cutting staff pay and asking for government help while the most well-remunerated individuals under its umbrella maintain their earnings. 

"This anger is not exclusive to the Spurs community, but the club's reputation as a wealthy and well-run business means it is in the spotlight.

"We are aware that no football club can impose contract changes on its playing or coaching staff without agreement with the respective unions, the PFA and LMA. So the comment that THFC has chosen to cut non-playing staff wages while choosing not to cut playing staff wages is inaccurate.

"But there is nothing to stop the club's players making a voluntary contribution to ensure that the most vulnerable do not bear too great a burden. 

"And there is nothing to stop the club's directors, including the chairman, making a further personal contribution on top of their 20 per cent wage cuts; points we have made directly to the club board and will continue to do so. We have made it clear that this is a course of action fans would overwhelmingly support."

Spurs told Sky Sports News: "We shall continue to work with the Trust in the interests of the club."