Today’s back pages: Premier League deadlock over pay and schedule, cricket’s in crisis and Toon deal to be finalised by May

A round-up of the sport headlines from UK newspapers on 17 April

Premier League trophy
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EPL meets with much to discuss

The Times describes the stand-off as “deadlock”, while The Guardian deploys “loggerheads”, but one thing is certain: the issue of Premier League players’ pay cuts just won’t go away.

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