Gordon Taylor denies PFA ‘asleep at the wheel’ over link between football and concussion

Gordon Taylor has denied being 'asleep at the wheel' over the link between heading footballs, concussion and dementia. The PFA chief executive, appearing in front of the the digital, culture, media and sport committee, also dismissed comments from the former Blackburn and Celtic striker Chris Sutton that he had 'blood on his hands'.

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The committee chair, Julian Knight MP, put the claim to Taylor that many in football believed the PFA had done little to help fund research or help players for most of the 19 years since the inquest into the death of Jeff Astle.

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