Football will not be played in the first Spanish league for the time being. As the union AFE announced, a final round of negotiations with representatives of the clubs had ended without agreement. The consequence: All footballers will be on 16 November on a perpetual strike.
It has reduced the demands and has recently demanded a minimum salary of only 16,000 euros instead of 20,000 euros annually, said María José López, the president of the Women's Committee of the AFE. The clubs had shown no willingness to compromise.
"We have been negotiating for 13 months and the clubs are insisting on their position," said López. The players would have shown "infinite patience", but you are in the 21st century and demand "only the least".
Most recently, the AFE announced a two-day strike on the first weekend of November. Now the strike is to be indefinite. From the work stoppage but only the league matches and not international matches or international duels would be affected, it said.
The central theme of the discussion is that the players demand full-day contracts, while the club association ACFF insists on half-day contracts. Former Spanish goalkeeper Ainhoa Tirapu denied the clubs' claim a few days ago that football was not a major occupation for women. We are 100 percent footballers, we go to sleep early because we have training in the morning, we eat healthy to stay in shape, we are always available to clubs for promotional events. "
