Tottenham and Newcastle closed for business
Tottenham and Newcastle have disabled email accounts and confiscated phones and laptops to prevent staff who have been furloughed from doing any work, which would breach the terms of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, which both clubs are using to claim money from government to pay wages.
There is bemusement at other clubs at their decision to shut their scouting analysis, as remote video analysis of past matches can still be conducted during the shutdown, and many of their rivals have actually beefed up their recruitment operations with a view to being ready to do business when the transfer window eventually opens later in the summer.