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Bournemouth follow Liverpool and Tottenham in reversing furlough decision

Bournemouth have announced that the club will no longer be furloughing their non-playing staff and will pay all employees' salaries in full.

The Cherries said earlier this month that they would utilise the Government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, which covers 80 per cent of an employee's wages. The club vowed to pay out the remaining 20% of each staff member's salary.

In addition, club chief executive Neill Blake, first team technical director Richard Hughes, manager Eddie Howe and assistant manager Jason Tindall all took "significant, voluntary pay cuts."

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In taking a pay cut, Howe became the first Premier League manager to do so as the coronavirus crisis continues to keep football on hiatus all across Europe.