Tottenham Hotspur's non-playing staff will take a 20 per cent pay cut in order to help the club through the coronavirus crisis.

A total of 550 people will see their wages cut by a fifth for the months of April and May, with the north London outfit also choosing to use the Government's furlough scheme, a decision they say they will 'continue to review'.

Chairman Daniel Levy said in a message to the Spurs fans that while the club is in a financially strong position, they are still having to take measures to minimise the impact of the COVID-19 crisis.

Speaking on the club website, he said: "The crushing devastation on industries in many countries, the inter-dependence of international trade and travel in every aspect of our daily life is only now beginning to be felt.

"Every person on this planet will be affected and in my lifetime I cannot think of something so impactful. With over 786,000 infected, nearly 38,000 deaths and large segments of the world in lockdown we need to realise that football cannot operate in a bubble.

"We may be the eighth largest club in the world by revenue, according to the Deloitte survey, but all that historical data is totally irrelevant as this virus has no boundaries."

All elite football in England has been suspended until at least April 30.

A number of other huge clubs around Europe have taken the decision to cut costs, with Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund slashing the wages of their players in order to combat the situation.