The Barcelona dressing room will vote this Thursday if it ratifies the agreement reached between its representatives and the club for a 40 percent salary reduction. The commitment is to accept that reduction in their emoluments for this season so that Barça can save their accounts and not be threatened with dissolution in exchange for recovering those amounts in comfortable terms.
At first, Yes to the pact that will allow footballers to recover that money in three years with a very high interest rate according to market prices is taken for granted: 3 percent.
On November 27, and after a very long tug of war, the management board of Barça and the representatives of the footballers reached an agreement by which the club will save, in principle, 172 million euros, although it will notably condition the exercises in the coming years.
Some sources close to the negotiation consider that, After the pact, Messi's departure from the club next summer is almost a matter of survival.
The pandemic has hit the Blaugrana club with great force because it has directly affected their income from ticketing, shops and the club's museum.