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In the end, it's the famous drop in the bucket.
But at least they knew how to come to an agreement at FC Barcelona.
Representatives of the club and the players have reached an agreement in principle on a wage waiver totaling 122 million euros due to the Corona crisis.
This was announced by the Spanish first division club.
In addition, variable payments of 50 million euros are to be spread over a period of three years.
However, it is apparently an agreement in principle that the players and the other stakeholders would have to agree to.
"Heal the sickness that has befallen us"
The savings were urgently needed, otherwise, according to Spanish media, the club around superstar Lionel Messi would have threatened bankruptcy in January.
Originally, Barca even wanted to achieve a salary adjustment of 191 million euros.
Most recently, negotiations between the club and the players were unsuccessful.
Carles Tusquets, who leads the club as interim president after the resignation of club boss Josep Bartomeu, had recently expressed concern about the finances of Blaugrana, but ruled out bankruptcy for the time being.
“The pandemic is particularly affecting Barcelona.
The club depends on the spectators and they do not currently exist.
We have to take up the ideas of the previous management in order to cure the disease that has afflicted us, ”Tusquets told RAC1.
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The Catalans are missing around 300 million euros due to the corona pandemic.
According to the sports newspaper “Marca”, the debt increased from June 2019 to June 2020 from 217 to 488 million euros.
Most recently, Gerard Piqué (until 2024), the German goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen (2025), Clement Lenglet and Frenkie de Jong (each 2026) extended their long-term contracts.
Their salaries had also been adjusted.