The Premier League's lesser paid and relegation-threatened stars insist they cannot afford to take the same financial hit as their wealthier counterparts.
The top-flights' plans to introduce a collective pay cut agreement across the division broke down with the disparity in salaries across the division one factor contributing to some of the resistance.
Following the main video conference call on Saturday further breakout conversations were held among some of the Premier League's captains and concerns were raised about how taking the financial hit would impact some players much more than others.
Players who have earned significantly less than their higher paid counterparts or had fewer seasons at the highest level and, as a result, less opportunity to maximise their earnings from their short careers, expressed a reluctance to agree to a uniform agreement which would result in such a drastic drop in money.