General view of inside the Turf Moor stadium before the match between Burnley and Arsenal in Burnley February 2, 2020. It is almost a month since a ball has been kicked in the Premier League, four weeks without a broadcast game or matchday revenue. — Reuters pic

MANCHESTER, April 7 — With the best paid footballers in the world, billionaire club owners, under-pressure politicians and even a millionaire trade union leader involved, it is perhaps hardly surprising that talks on a blanket wage cut in the world’s richest league have yet to reach an amicable conclusion.