Gordon Taylor has been magnificent Harry Redknapp, Sam Allardyce and David Seaman back PFA chief as he ends 38-year reign

Gordon Taylor has been magnificent Harry Redknapp, Sam Allardyce and David Seaman back PFA chief as he ends 38-year reign
Harry Redknapp, Sam Allardyce and David Seaman have rallied together in support of Gordon Taylor, as he prepares to step down as chief executive of the Professional Footballers Association.Taylor has confirmed he will resign from his post after 38 years in charge once an independent review of the PFA has been completed.He has been a highly-controversially figure in English football and has faced criticism in recent years for the incredible wages he has earned during his time in the job.3

Gordon Taylor has come under heavy fire for his running of the PFA

Taylor is the highest-paid trade union boss in the world. He has reportedly earned more than 20million over the past 12 years,and was said to have been paid an annual salary of a staggering 2.2million in 2017.He has also been accused by many for failing in his duty to protect and aid players after their retirement from the game, with particular focus on the lack of funding for research into head injuries.But Redknapp insists the chief has always come up trumps for him whenever he has approached Taylor with a problem.Ive never had to use them an awful lot, but whenever I have called Gordon he has always been the same, hes always come up trumps for me, the former Tottenham manager told talkSPORT. In fact, a boy who used to play for me is struggling, hes got a big health problem and hes been on a waiting list for two years to get an operation, and I rang Gordon personally and asked if he could help.He came back, he got straight on to the lad and hes arranged for him to get the treatment he needs.One of my old coaches also needed help a few years ago, and hes always got on the case and done it for me, so I cant say anything bad about him whatsoever.You can only take people in life as you find them. Everyone has different opinions about people, but my opinion of Gordon when I dealt with him is hes been top class.3

PFA chairman Gordon Taylor, pictured in 2012, is reported to have received a 2.2million salary in 2016-17

Im the same as you, Harry, replied ex-England goalkeeper Seaman.Whenever Ive had dealings with the PFA or Gordon, hes just been brilliant. Like you, I have not had to use them a lot, but Im sure they are there for a lot of players when they need them.Allardyce also backed the PFA chief, saying Taylor never shirked his responsibility and always tried to help as many people as he could with the resources available to him.Also speaking on Wednesdays Sports Breakfast, the former England manager said: Gordon has been magnificent. He stands the criticism he gets extremely well in a high-ranking position and he focuses on only what his job is, to help players past and present.3

Ben Purkiss is currently chairman of the PFA, but Taylor tried to oust the 34-year-old by claiming he was no longer eligible for the role having become a non-contract player

Everybody recently had talked about him in a bad light, but when you look over the many, many years and what hes set up and achieved as the chief exec of the players union, hes done an absolutely brilliant job. Hes never shirked his responsibility.It all becomes about funds. Unfortunately you havent got enough funds to help everybody. There had to be a line drawn somewhere by the PFA and Gordon, but he would try to help anybody as much as he could.Youve also got to remember that when the Premier League started he negotiated ten per cent of the money that came in from the TV, which was one hell of a negotiation. Obviously since then its not ten per cent anymore, but they still get a pretty good slice to continue to help players past and present and protect them when they need to.

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