The French sports newspaper celebrates Leo Messi by presenting him on the entire front page as Che Guevara, with the title "Che del Barça", after the decision taken with his teammates to cut their wages. Messi "supported by his companions, imposed his vision", writes L'Equipe in the first, adding that "if on the one hand the Argentine approves the cut in wages in the current context, on the other he denounces the attitudes of the leaders".
On the inside pages, an image of Messi addressing his teammates gathered in the center of the field with a full stadium, with the title "The Camp Nou insurgents". The article talks about "the new clash between the Barcelona management and the players, led by Messi. They claim to have accepted the cuts immediately and are angry with the club's communication".
The players of the first team therefore renounce 14 million a month for the blocking period of the La Liga ("whether it is 40 or 60 days"), but this will not be enough to block Erta, a sort of cassaintegration according to Spanish laws , for the employees of the Catalan club: blaugrana president Josep Bartomeu explained it, speaking on Radio Catalunya in what seemed to be a response to the harsh stance of Messi and his companions yesterday after the announcement of the yes to the salary cut . The Argentine, speaking of a disparaging version of the players who arrived from within the club, had underlined how the willingness of the players had always been to cut his salaries, but in favor of the payment of employee salaries.
"From the football sector of the club 14 million savings will come every month and from the other disciplines 2, for a total of 16 - specified Bartomeu - It is 5.7% of our current costs and it will not be enough to pay wages at all our employees. The museum, the football schools, the ticket office, the sale of the shirts, all important entries for us, are closed. For this reason Erta will go on ".