Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti and players take a pay cut

In an email being sent to Everton fans, Chief executive Denise Barrett-Baxendale said Ancelotti and his backroom staff had taken voluntary cuts and deferrals of up to 30% of their salaries from the start of the crisis in mid-March.

A number of first-team players have agreed their own voluntary deferrals, some of which go as high as 50% of their pay packets for the next three months.

Barrett-Baxendale wrote: "Everyone taking reductions and deferrals has volunteered to do so and - on behalf of the board and, I am sure, every Evertonian - I would like to express my sincere thanks to every single one of them for demonstrating such integrity and honour in helping the Everton family through this challenging time".

Some of the money from the deferrals has also been used to support the club's 'Blue Family' campaign, which provides support to vulnerable people in the community.