Dementia campaigners slam PFA chief Maheta Molango's £150,000 pay-rise and brand the union 'morally bankrupt' following criticism over lack of support for former players

Dementia campaigners person described PFA leader Maheta Molango's staggering £150,000 pay-rise arsenic 'a slap successful nan face' and branded nan national 'morally bankrupt'.

The main executive, who replaced Gordon Taylor and took complete successful June 2021, has seen his net hiked to £650,000, pinch nan PFA linking nan summation to nan cost of living crisis.

Taylor had been earning much than £2m a twelvemonth and Molango started connected £500,000 - but has now pocketed a backdated, 30 per cent uplift pursuing what was efficaciously his first salary review.

The national has faced terrible disapproval for its perceived deficiency of support for erstwhile players suffering from dementia. 

And, pursuing Mail Sport's campaign, location person been moves to reside nan issues pinch a caller dementia money opened earlier this year, making £1m available. 

However, that fig is seen by galore arsenic a driblet successful nan ocean, and amid that backdrop erstwhile Brighton and Oldham subordinate Molango's hefty emergence has not gone down well.

John Stiles, whose begetter - England World Cup Winner Nobby - died aft suffering from dementia successful 2020, criticised nan move.

'The PFA is morally bankrupt and this conscionable proves it,' Stiles, who himself played for nan likes of Leeds United and Doncaster Rovers, said. 'How tin they perchance warrant this? It is emblematic of nan PFA and it is simply a slap successful nan look to each those families who are struggling to salary for attraction for their loved ones who are suffering because they played football.' 

Stiles besides claimed nan improvement illustrates small has changed from nan days of Taylor, whose net was group by an advisory committee.

'Molango was non-elected and conscionable for illustration Taylor has carte equilibrium to do what he wants to do,' he said. 'This is an maltreatment of money that should beryllium location to thief players. This is supposedly a caller PFA. That's laughable. It's elemental - it's nan aged 1 successful caller clothing. It is simply a footwear successful nan teeth to each those who person mislaid group without thief from nan PFA.' 

The PFA declined to comment. 

Forty-one-year-old Molango, for illustration Taylor, is nan highest-paid national leader successful nan country. 

However, insiders opportunity nan restructuring of nan PFA has led to a much transparent process successful which an independent renumeration committee recommends salaries which are past signed disconnected by nan operations and players boards. They besides constituent retired this is his first salary reappraisal successful two-and-a-half years.

Regardless, John McNamee Jr, whose begetter played for clubs including Celtic, Newcastle and Blackburn, was besides profoundly unimpressed.

The McNamee family precocious sold their location to salary for attraction location costs for John Senior - who was diagnosed pinch dementia successful 2016 - having decided to not use for money from nan £1m money arsenic they thought it would return rate distant from those who were much hopeless than themselves.

'We sewage what amounted to small complete Molango's salary rise,' John Jr explained.. 'Dad will now apt walk distant successful a attraction location without being a location proprietor contempt a 13-year playing career. I'm amazed but not amazed astatine this. It's typical.'