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Tony Frixa, the presidential candidate for Barcelona, revealed the details of the club’s financial problems, highlighting that the Blaugrana cannot afford the salary of current Argentine Lionel Messi in the coming years.
Frixa in particular confirmed that Barça will not be able to offer the Catalan captain his current salary when signing the contract extension with the club, so Messi will have to renounce his previous salary in Barcelona.
Fresca said: “We are not going to convince Messi, our goal is to determine the priorities of each game, what Barcelona wants and what Lionel wants.
He added that “the deputies cannot be deceived. The proposal that will be presented to them will not be the same that is presented to them now, because income has decreased significantly and it will be necessary to find another formula.”
The future of Messi, whose contract with the club expires in the summer of 2021, at the Camp Nou stadium has sparked much speculation last summer, since he announced his wish to leave, following Barcelona’s humiliating 8-2 loss to Barcelona. Bayern Munich in the quarterfinals of the Champions League last season.
Press reports indicate that Barcelona’s debts are currently more than 100 million euros, and the administration intends to lower the team’s salaries as a result of the Corona virus crisis.
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According to the Catalan radio station RAC1, the agreement is still far between the Barça administration and the players in terms of salary cuts, since the players think that it is best to negotiate a salary cut with the new president and not with an administration interim.
The interim administration aims to postpone the payment of 30% of the players’ salaries until the end of next year, but the current problem is that there is a new payment of salaries to be paid in January 2021 and the club does not have the necessary funds, which may lead to bankruptcy.
The club can reduce the salaries of the players unilaterally without going back to them and reaching an agreement with them, but this solution will inevitably lead the players to go to the fields.
Source: “Agencies”
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