La Repubblica claims at least six Serie A clubs have not paid their players a wage since January, as the debate continues over pay cuts amid the coronavirus crisis.
Several teams have reached agreements to reduce their salaries during the COVID-19 pandemic, including Juventus and Roma, but others are struggling to find common ground.
The players want to be sure that if they do accept pay cuts, that money goes towards helping other furloughed staff, or as part of a contribution fund for semi-pro and women’s teams.
La Repubblica claims at least six Serie A clubs have not paid their players a wage since January, as the debate continues over pay cuts amid the coronavirus crisis.
Several teams have reached agreements to reduce their salaries during the COVID-19 pandemic, including Juventus and Roma, but others are struggling to find common ground.
The players want to be sure that if they do accept pay cuts, that money goes towards helping other furloughed staff, or as part of a contribution fund for semi-pro and women’s teams.
During these negotiations, La Repubblica claims that at least six Serie A clubs have frozen payments since January.
They are making the most of a loophole which means the January, February and March salaries are only checked by the authorities at the end of June.
Most Serie A sides returned to training this week, but they were all very careful to point out in statements that this was ‘voluntary’ exercise using their training centres and not mandated work.
That’s because originally the athletes in team sports had been barred from working in a centre until May 18, whereas they could’ve run in a local park as citizens from May 4.
A verdict on the medical protocol for team – contact – training is expected today or tomorrow.