2020-04-02 23:09 · #130915
https://www.espn.com/soccer/belarus/story/4081189/global-players-union-fifpro-blasts-belarus-as-play-rages-on
"There is a club in Serbia which voluntarily pre-paid all salaries until June and they have reached a collective agreement in Costa Rica over the payment of wages," he said.
But Baer-Hoffmann added that there had also been cases of clubs using the crisis as an excuse to terminate contracts early, sack players or declare bankruptcy simply as an instrument for not paying bills and wages.
He praised players at Juventus and Barcelona who had agreed to take pay cuts, saying it was a "strong signal that should be commended," but added that the example should not be used to pressure those at smaller clubs.
"We had clubs from Indonesia using that to justify wage cuts," he said. "It is very important to take into account the vastly different economic circumstances, even the lowest clubs in Serie A are very different to Juventus."
"We can only appeal to common sense that those measures taken by the elite clubs and players cannot just be transferred downwards.
"We have people literally on between €300 and €1,000 ($330 and $1,100) a month, for them to consider a pay cut is a different story."
Ne į temą, bet belgai apskritai jau nutraukė savo čempionatą ir išsidalino vietas, nematė galimybės nieko atnaujinti iki vasaros.
"There is a club in Serbia which voluntarily pre-paid all salaries until June and they have reached a collective agreement in Costa Rica over the payment of wages," he said.
But Baer-Hoffmann added that there had also been cases of clubs using the crisis as an excuse to terminate contracts early, sack players or declare bankruptcy simply as an instrument for not paying bills and wages.
He praised players at Juventus and Barcelona who had agreed to take pay cuts, saying it was a "strong signal that should be commended," but added that the example should not be used to pressure those at smaller clubs.
"We had clubs from Indonesia using that to justify wage cuts," he said. "It is very important to take into account the vastly different economic circumstances, even the lowest clubs in Serie A are very different to Juventus."
"We can only appeal to common sense that those measures taken by the elite clubs and players cannot just be transferred downwards.
"We have people literally on between €300 and €1,000 ($330 and $1,100) a month, for them to consider a pay cut is a different story."
Ne į temą, bet belgai apskritai jau nutraukė savo čempionatą ir išsidalino vietas, nematė galimybės nieko atnaujinti iki vasaros.
