The PFA financial model is out of date, their recent accounts demonstrating just £500,000-a-year from their £22million revenue comes from their own members’ subscriptions. Can £534,000 courtesy of players' wages - which in Premier League salaries alone are now well in excess of a billion pounds – be morally justified given the current mood in football? And that’s before we consider the pay hikes of Gordon Taylor, earning near enough £3.4million a year. Just 2.4 per cent of Premier League player salaries would significantly increase the PFA’s current £20.8million a year they take from Premier League and Championship broadcast revenue. That £20million could then return to Premier League HQ with an insistence it was used to reduce ticket prices. Using the away fans as an example again, that would be a £17 reduction for every travelling supporter.

Clubs ought to be advising all their players, including new overseas signings, that PFA membership is essential for English football. Legislation may prevent mandatory membership, but clubs could be proactive to ensure all professionals understand the excellence and enduring important of the PFA schemes, particularly for retired professionals. It should be part of every contract negotiation, with subscriptions proportionate to salary, as with every other union in this country. Players would then ensure their union earns more as salaries increase. The PFA, as with the rest of football, needs courageous and visionary leadership to force such change through. It's incredible anyone in football considers Taylor's position tenable in the current climate.

Charge the agents 10 per cent

Agents took £129.9million out of the Premier League last season. Each commission is different, but we’ll keep it simple and presume they get their usual 10 per cent of every deal. In that case, the Premier League should levy them the same percentage for every transaction impacting on English football with a guarantee this will be redistributed back into a newly created fund solely focused on ticket prices. Call it the Premier League agent tax or something catchy - 10 per cent of 10 per cent. Again, that £12.9million could all go into the kitty to keep prices from going up as the TV deal increases.

What a brave new world in English football we could embrace if every time the agent fees went up, and transfer fees went up, a Premier League tax was ensuring ticket prices could start to go down. Before we get to that, how about the 20 Premier League clubs stop protecting agents and tell us exactly who they are paying? The FA can assist immediately. There is no reason why every player registered as a professional in this country should not be listed on thefa.com alongside the name of his agent/agency. If the clubs don’t want to tell us who they were dealing with when they signed a player or renewed his contract, we can all go online and see it for ourselves. It has a name many in football do not like: transparency.

Salary cap

There has to come a point where the clubs say they can’t justify paying players more than £250,000-a-week. How much do you really need to earn? They fear top players will go somewhere else – or that such rules will be manipulated by rivals – but other sports have shown it can work, with heavy punishment for those found to be in breach. As for the threat from overseas, we are already miles ahead of the rest of Europe and the cap can be reviewed every few years if there appears to be a worrying trend of the most talented players leaving England.

Do we really believe countries such as China will threaten English football in the immediate future? They may have unlimited funds, but most of the world’s stars want to play in the Champions League and there is no immediate prospect of the Chinese league clubs being allowed in. Ultimately, it does not matter how much you offer a Premier League player, the vast majority still see Real Madrid and Barcelona at the top of the pyramid. Playing for those elite clubs is not just about money so English clubs should hold their nerve. They’ve long argued English football is the most attractive in the world because of the competitiveness and atmosphere, not cash. How about we put that to the test?

Players' foundations

Ex-players are increasingly preparing for life after football by setting up their own foundations. They are undertaking some exceptional charity work, taking their soccer schools or academies across the country or different parts of the world focusing on the underprivileged. As yet, there is no trend towards such foundations being dedicated largely to assisting fans who are struggling to watch football in this country. Norwich striker Steven Naismith is one of those who made determined efforts on this front during his time at Everton. He backed a scheme enabling unemployed fans to attend games.

On retirement, the superstars of the game demonstrate their football conscience and are increasingly eager to give something back with the wealth they have accumulated. It’s time more of them looked towards ticket prices. If the PFA won’t oversee this, maybe the ex-professionals should form a separate body of millionaire ex-players whose profile can only help the cause. We know many of them are sympathetic given the response to the Anfield walk-out on Saturday. If they act, the money raised in English football through spiraling wages over the last 10 years could start to filter back to the fans.

- Telegraph