Players of "Barcelona" because of the pandemic, had volunteered to a 70% pay cut

Players Players of “Barcelona” because of the pandemic, had volunteered to a 70% pay cut
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the Players of football club “Barcelona” as well as some members of the eponymous basketball team agreed to a 70% pay cut at the time of emergency caused by the spread of the coronavirus. Thus, they will provide financial assistance to the rest of the club staff to allow them to pay in full.

“the Board of Directors of “Barcelona”, the members of all professional sports teams and a big part of the basketball team reached an agreement regarding the reduction of their salaries during the period of the pandemic coronavirus. In the case of football the first team will be a decrease of more than 70% of the originally agreed with the club salaries. This additional contribution of the team along with the necessary investment club guarantees 100% of the salary received only staff in the club”, – said the press service of the Catalans.

the First campaign was commented on in Instagram the captain of the football club Lionel Messi.

“lately, there has been a lot said about the wages in the first team of “Barcelona”, – he wrote. I want to point out that we all clearly understand that we are in an exceptional situation and we are the first who is always ready to help the club. Therefore, we will reduce our salaries by 70% from today until the end of the emergency. This is our contribution to ensure the 100% payment to all employees of the club.”

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Publish from FC Barcelona (from ) (@fcbarcelona) 20 Mar 2020 11:34 PDT

Earlier it was reported that Messi together with the head coach of English “Manchester city” Josep Guardiola was sent to the medical institutions of Catalonia 1 million Euro to combat coronavirus.

the championship of Spain on football in the lead “Barcelona”, was suspended on 12 March, and later because of the pandemic, the resumption of the tournament was postponed indefinitely. According to the newspaper Marca, Barca will lose at least 100 million euros because of the situation with the coronavirus, which is 10% of the total club budget for a season 2019/20.

In Spain revealed more than 85 thousand cases of infection, more than 7 thousand people died.