International striker Luis Suarez complained of criticism
directed at him and his colleagues in Barcelona, as a
result of the delay in agreeing to reduce their salaries in
light of the interruption of the league due to the new
Corona virus, indicating that he felt “pain” from what
happened to the players.
Barcelona captain Lionel Messi confirmed on Monday
that players ’salaries will be reduced by 70 percent, in
addition to a deduction rate to contribute to ensuring that
the salaries of other employees of the club are paid in full
during the period of crisis experienced by Spain and the
world due to the outbreak of” Covid-19 “.
Messi, in a lengthy message posted on his official
account on Instagram, criticized the club’s board of
directors headed by Giuseppe Maria Bartomeo, who
accused him of undermining the players during the
recent negotiations.
Contrary to the initial impression, Messi emphasized in
his message that most of his colleagues posted on social
media: “We make clear that our desire has always been
to apply salary cuts, because we fully understand that this
is an exceptional situation and we are the first to always
help the club when we are asked to do so,” continuing.
We did so often on our own initiative when we saw that
this was necessary or important. ”
What was announced by Suarez on Thursday in an
interview with Radio “Sport 890” was not different from
Messi’s position, noting that the accusations leveled
against the players “are painful because we were the first
want to reach an agreement. We know the situation
which the club lives and the situation in the world at the
current time (late agreement) was a small detail. “
