[SPORT UPDATE] Barcelona Stars Accept 70 Per Cent Wage Cut Due To Coronavirus

Barcelona's players have acknowledged a 70 percent pay slice and vowed gifts to help the club's non-sport staff keep on getting their full wages.

Lionel Messi reported the move in an Instagram post, demanding Barcelona's players were constantly open to pay slices due to the coronavirus pandemic however needed to set aside some effort to resolve the subtleties.

"The time has come to announce that, apart from the reduction of 70 per cent of our salary during the state of alarm, we are going to make contributions as well so that club employees can collect 100 per cent of their salary for the duration of this situation,” Messi composed on Instagram.

“If we did not speak until now, it was because the priority for us was to find solutions that were real to help the club".

In affirming the move from the entirety of Barcelona's players, Messi scrutinized recommendations the club's stars had been delayed to make this stride.

“Much has been written and said about the first team of FC Barcelona in what refers to the salaries of the players during this state of alarm,” Messi continued.

“First of all we want to clarify that our will has always been to apply a decrease in the salary we receive, because we fully understand that this is an exceptional situation and we are the first ones who have always helped the club when asked.

“Many times we have even done it on our own initiative, at other times that we thought necessary or important.

“It does not surprise us that from within the club there were those who tried to put us under the magnifying glass and tried to add pressure about something that we always knew we would do.

“In fact if the agreement has been delayed for a few days it is simply because we were looking for a formula to help the club and also its workers in these difficult times.”