Sheffield Wednesday and Swansea City are both looking to come to agreements over the deferral of wages, while Nottingham Forest will look to place non-playing members of staff on the government's furlough scheme as clubs look to cope with the financial loss of football's suspension for the foreseeable future, journalist Alan Nixon has reported.

Due to the indefinite postponement of all games in the country, the way in which clubs are handling the situation from a financial perspective has come under increasing scrutiny in different weeks, and it seems even they themselves have differing opinions on what the best way to do that.

According to Nixon's latest update, Wednesday are looking to defer player wages in order to save themselves significant amount, while Swansea are looking to agree a similar deal with some but not all of of their side.

Forest meanwhile, are said to be looking to place all of their non-playing staff on furlough leave, which sees the Government pay 80% of an employees wages up to an amount of £2,500 per month, an approach which has led to some controversy when taken by other clubs recently.

As things stand, Forest are currently fifth in the Championship table, ten points off the automatic promotion spots.

Swansea meanwhile are 11th, three points adrift of a top-six spot, with Sheffield Wednesday five points further back of the Welsh side in 15th position.

The Verdict

This just shows how much uncertainty there is around the financial situation for clubs at the minute, with three teams in a reasonably similar situation taking three different approaches here.

It does seem as though pay deferrals for players seem to be the most sensible way to go, since that is something that does at least then free-up funds that can be used elsewhere, either in terms of paying staff on those lower salaries, or making donations to those who could really use the funds at the minute.

In contrast to that, it does seem slightly surprising that Forest are looking at a furlough option for their non-playing staff, considering the response other clubs have received when taking that route, which is understandable given the size of the wages that are associated with professional footballers these days.