I thought that in 20% cut maybe they are talking overall as 20% of the estimated time they may not play due to corona since most here were saying 70% is too much.
So we are talking about salary cut for that corona period only so how exactly is it justified that they don't take a pay cut of for example even 40%. You being paid millions for sitting at home and doing shit. Pathetic from our players and that includes Messi. People just don't want to talk about the elephant in the room that's it.
Bullshit excuses like their prime only last so long etc are BS. They get paid millions for doing nothing in this period and forfeiting 70% of their 2-month salary is nothing compared to their overall wealth. No to mention this salary isn't their only component of cash flow. They have multi-million-dollar brand deals and investments in plenty of assets and portfolios so it's not like they earn 0 after retirement. If this was manc I wouldn't have minded not just because that's a money-driven club but here these players were with us since their childhood and they can't even forgo a pay cut. Mes que en club my ass.
70% pay cut for a period of 3 months is around the same than 20% pay cut from their total wages.
I can understand player's standpoint. They know they are not responsible for this situation so why would they need to take a pay cut and help the club? But on the other hand they should also understand how much money the club is losing.
Here are some numbers:
https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futb...255654/barca-club-mejor-paga-futbolistas.html
1. FCB museum generates around 60m incomes yearly so in average 5m every month, so we'll lose app. 15-20m.
2. tickets: we get 6m for every game played at Camp Nou. So far two home games were suspended (Leganes and Napoli) so that's 12m already. We still have 4 further league games scheduled and maybe one or two in the CL we don't know if/when they'll be played. But if they won't be played before June 30 the club will lose between 36-48m.
And for points 1. and 2. there will also be big longterm consequences because less people will travel to BCN (and overall around the world) for a few months after this crisis will be over and it will be safe to travel again because
1. people will still be affraid and
2. economical impact of this crisis will be huge so people won't have as much money to travel so this would mean less tickets sold and less people visiting FCB museum.
3. TV rights: article says Barça would lose 28% of incomes if the games won't be played so another 40-45m loss for the club.
4. there are also smaller regional sponsors (MD mentioned 17 of them) who also won't pay the club if we won't play the games because they won't be visible (whether on our shirts or around at Camp Nou). Don't know how much money would be lost here but could be another 10m. There will also be a longterm impact because those companies will also suffer because of the coronavirus crisis so the club will lose some of their sponsorship money and will probably need to look for more/other sponsors in next few years.
5. There could be also possible money lost from the CL qualification to the next round (10,5m for quarterfinals - this is the money I think club includes in their budget every season - and then possibly 12m for semi-finals) that MD article doen't mention.
So if the season won't continue before July Barça could lose more than 100m of their planed revenues this season.
That's why the club needs to lower their costs. If they don't want to finish this season with a loss in their books (and they don't) then they probably need to "save" 25-30m every month from now till June. And all sporting personell taking at least 50-60% pay cut for this period is what they'll probably do whether the players agree or not.
BTW, Espanyol has already lowered wages of their first team, B team, Juvenil A&B and women's first team for 70%.
