Barcelona players refused to respond to the club's request to reduce their salaries in conjunction with the deteriorating economic conditions imposed by the outbreak of the Corona virus "Covid-19".
The American network "ISBN" reported that "the players seemed open to the idea, but were surprised that the administration asked them to reduce salaries by a large amount, which was met with complete rejection."
For its part, the Spanish radio "Cadena Ser" revealed that "the management of the Catalan club offered the players a 70% reduction in their salaries at one time during the layoff, which the players considered an exaggerated matter."
Barcelona pays 507 million euros in annual salaries to its players, and it will not be able to pay the players ’entitlements in light of the huge financial losses that hit the world and affected the level of the Catalan club’s income before forcing it to find ways to get out of the financial deadlock, most notably reducing the players’ salaries.
The Spanish clubs have received a strong blow in the "season of Corona", as it is estimated that the clubs losses from the revenues of television broadcasts in the event of canceling the "League" this season, about 450 million euros.