The Liverpool announcement to impose partial unemployment on the club's non-players after the financial crisis caused by the cessation of sports activity due to the outbreak of the Corona virus, has been criticized by former stars in its ranks who called on the players to help their club employees instead of waiting for government support to recover them.
"Juergen Klopp (Liverpool coach) showed sympathy towards everyone at the start of the epidemic, and the team's stars are participating in the talks about reducing salaries for the Premier League players," Jimmy Carragher, a former defender for the "Leifer", told Britain's Sky Sports. Suddenly all good intentions faded away. "It's rock bottom, Liverpool."
As for the former striker, Stan Collimore, his response was the fiercest.
While the league will not resume in May, the clubs will consult their players about a salary cut that could reach 30%, according to what the League indicated last Friday.
The 20 top-class clubs have agreed to extend the league suspension indefinitely, until the return of football is "safe and appropriate".
Liverpool's decision to impose a partial card on its players in order to obtain government support to pay 80% of employees' wages of up to 2,500 pounds (about three thousand dollars) a maximum maximum, while Liverpool will cover the remaining 20%.
Three clubs from the Premier League, Tottenham, Newcastle and Norwich City, have announced similar measures.