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title: "Everton: Greg O’Keeffe lauds former Toffee Steven Naismith for cutting his wages"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/everton-greg-okeeffe-lauds-former-toffee-steven-naismith-for-cutting-his-wages/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Domagoj kostanjsak"
section: "Everton"
published: "2020-03-24T07:00:56Z"
modified: "2020-04-05T09:21:07Z"
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# Everton: Greg O’Keeffe lauds former Toffee Steven Naismith for cutting his wages

**Recent developments have achieved the impossible and thrown football of all things into the second plan, forcing leagues across the world to freeze until the situation hopefully improves.**

Of course, as of right now, no one can say for sure when that’s actually going to happen but just the willingness to finish the ongoing 2019/20 campaign is a good starting point for everyone.

But with half of the globe basically on a forced holiday, regardless of whether they can afford to take it or not, some players have decided to take a cut in their wages in order to help their employers stay afloat in these times where profit and revenue are in danger.

One such player was a former Everton and current Hearts man, Steven Naismith, and he quickly drew the praise of Greg O’Keeffe, The Athletic’s Everton correspondent.

The journalist shared his story and called it a fantastic gesture in the process as well.

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> Fantastic this from [@JamTarts](https://twitter.com/JamTarts?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) captain and former [#Everton](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Everton?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) forward Steven Naismith – accepting a 50% cut in wages to help keep the club afloat during [#coronavirus](https://twitter.com/hashtag/coronavirus?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
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> “My family and I feel that, through a long career, football has been very good to us.
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> — Greg O'Keeffe (@GregOK) [March 22, 2020](https://twitter.com/GregOK/status/1241830754784550914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Naismith was one of the Toffees from 2012 until 2016 when he moved to Norwich.

***Everton fans, what did you think of Naismith’s gesture? Should more players follow his example? Let us know down in the comments below!***