The club initially planned to use the government grant to pay 80 per cent of non-playing staff amid Covid-19 pandemic, but were criticised.

Tottenham have reversed their controversial decision to use the government’s coronavirus furlough scheme to pay non-playing staff placed on temporary leave, and say they will now pay their employee’s wages in full.

A club statement read: “We have decided that all non-playing staff, whether full-time, casual or furloughed, will receive 100 per cent of their pay for April and May. Only the board will take salary reductions.”

Spurs are the second Premier League club to perform a u-turn after initially announcing they would use the scheme, following Liverpool after both received heavy criticism.

Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy, who came in for the brunt of the criticism regarding the club’s use of the furlough scheme, admitted his regret at having misjudged the situation.

He said: “The criticism the club has received over the last week has been felt all the more keenly because of our track record of good works and our huge sense of responsibility to care for those that rely on us, particularly locally.