Gordon Taylor is football's fattest cat... he was meant to step down a year ago

In a sport full of fat cats, who is the fattest of them all? Gordon Taylor remains as chief executive of the Professional Footballers' Association, despite announcing he would stand down on March 27, 2019 One year later Taylor wrote to PFA members advising against taking a wage deferral Taylor earns £2.2m and has been the key man at the PFA since becoming chairman in 1978 This is no time for Premier League players to be seen stuffing pockets, not while Tim in ticket sales and Abby in admin have seen their salaries slashed by 20 per cent. The review of Taylor, now 75, and his work at the PFA could be further delayed by coronavirus Taylor has been at the PFA for 42 years - here he is pictured at his desk in Manchester in 1988 Taylor saw his wages rise astronomically once the Premier League was formed Sportsmail columnist Chris Sutton, whose father Mike is a former pro and suffering from dementia, and the family of the late former England international Jeff Astle, long campaigned for that research and felt no joy in the confirmation of a link. When he first came in at the PFA, Taylor wanted to oversee a tidy-up of tackling within football Taylor pictured awarding Cristiano Ronaldo a FIFPRO World XI gong back in October 2008 Taylor alongside former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson back in 2007 When the Premier League was formed in 1992, it was reported Taylor's salary jumped from £82,000 to more than £200,000. Taylor was once a professional footballer and played for Bolton and Birmingham Taylor has long had his naysayers during his time at the PFA - he received fierce criticism when it emerged the organisation offered just £100,000 to investigate football's dementia links Taylor with Adrian Mutu following the former Chelsea player's cocaine ban in 2004 You hope common sense prevails and Premier League players, despite that letter from Taylor, will agree to cuts.