Last Monday, March 30, Pumas announced that there will be a partial deferral of club staff salaries , this as a measure so that the stoppage of soccer, caused by the coronavirus, does not have strong havoc on the economic side . The team's coach, Michel, revealed that he had 80 percent of his salary withheld.
"The club has made a list of all those who are below about 42 thousand pesos , they were going to continue receiving the money, all those who earn more because logically they would have to take a discount, to me the discount they have given me seems is 80 percent, "said the Spaniard in an Instagram Live with Verónica Rodríguez, a journalist for Fox Sports .
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The strategist expressed his support for the other people who work in the club who are not only the players: "The only thing I have sought with this measure is to join not only what is happening in the club, but also the families of the club employees, who understand that it is better not to lower the salary, also with my technical team, both Spanish and Mexican "he mentioned.
Mexican authorities should be stricter before COVID-19
Finally, Michel assured that the Mexican authorities should be more severe with the preventive measures of the pandemic: " I think the government is taking measures with great caution because it fears the economic crisis, I think they should be more strict. Prevention is the best and it is not taking one hundred percent and that is what worries me the most "he concluded.