Economic crisis in Barça due to the coronavirus: they plan a salary reduction for the players

There is no mercy coronavirus, nor with one of the soccer clubs that more money enters the world. The FC Barcelona, like other major institutions and major leagues in the world, goes through a tough economic crisis because of the consequences of COVID-19. The lack of income puts the Barça club in a delicate situation and this requires extreme measures to get afloat.

The Catalan press reports that the board of directors of the Barca held a video call meeting to analyze the outlook and combat financial losses. There is much uncertainty externally because It is not possible to say if LaLiga can be completed, if there will be an audience in matches, and the same in the Champions League., so they point to internal measures.

According Sports world, in the culé entity "It is evaluating what types of salary reductions can be applied during these weeks or months that the football break lasts" on the first team squad.

For its part, the newspaper SPORT, explains that the salaries of Lionel Messi, Antoine Griezmann, Arturo Vidal and the rest of the team members occupy a large part of the budget: “In the annual budget, most of the expenses correspond to the salary of the players. In the case of Barça, above 70%. If the clubs have only contested 2/3 parts of the season, they will not have (or do not have) liquidity to face the salaries of some players that they cannot make profitable … What if the players cannot be paid?”

For now, the final decision of the FC Barcelona will be taken after a key meeting that its president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, will keep next Monday with The league, first, and with the European Club Association (ECA) and the UEFA, then. The idea is to see the position of other clubs to finish defining the plan.

"It is evident that the crisis has a very negative impact on the soccer industry and sports in general and the club has the obligation to be ready to face the different scenarios. For this reason, the board of directors, in exercise of its responsibility, has analyzed the situation and made a first approach to different scenarios and possible measures with the aim of minimizing all the economic damages ”, indicated the statement that the club published this Thursday.

Sports world add in your information you don't see "impossible" that the players collaborate but that should be "Some agreement through dialogue". It will be a matter of seeing if the stars of the Barca They collaborate with the institution in the face of the impact blow that the coronavirus.