Monday, Lionel Messi and all the players of Bara had agreed to give up 70% of their salary during the coronavirus pandemic. A strong gesture, intended on the one hand to be able to ensure the salaries of all the other employees of the club, with a much more modest income obviously, and on the other to compensate for the loss standards resulting from the virtual absence of revenue during this period.
This decision of the locker room, joining that of so many other clubs across the continent, will above all allow the Bara to save 15 million francs in wages per month as confirmed by President Josep Bartomeu Catalunya Radio.
Like the other sportsmen of the club, namely the basketball and handball players, also agreed to drastically reduce their monthly salary, the amount saved by the whole club reaches some 17 million francs.
Bartomeu estimates that this crisis measure will apply for two months (April and May). In this case, Lionel Messi and his crew will lose 11.5% of their annual salary. The situation is serious. For that, it is necessary to take measures, justified the boss of the Bara.
With 95,000 people infected with Covid-19 and 8,000 dead, Spain is the second most affected country in Europe after Italy. .
(Sport-Center)
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