Bayern players accept further cut in football

The example often comes from Germany. at least in football. The Bundesliga was the first championship to resume two weeks ago and Bayern Munich players, who had already given up 20% of their salary in April in solidarity, have again agreed to a cut in wages, until at the end of the season this time, to help their club overcome the crisis linked to the Covid-19 pandemic.

"It is very satisfying to see that our team fully understands the situation, and again renounces part of the salary until the end of the season," Bayern president Herbert Hainer, successor, said in the Bild daily newspaper. by Uli Hoeness.

Until what "end of season"?

It is unclear this time how much the drop in income of Manuel Neuer and his teammates, the highest paid soccer stars in Germany. Hainer also did not specify precisely what he meant by "end of the season". Is he talking about the end of the German championship, or the Champions League? Two months could separate the end of these two competitions.

If everything works according to the plans of the German League, and no team is massively contaminated with coronavirus, the Bundesliga season will end on June 27. Bayern, qualified for the semi-finals of the German Cup, should however play a possible final on July 4.

In the Champions League, the Bavarians have yet to play the return leg of the 8th final against Chelsea, after their 3-0 victory in England in the first leg. UEFA has not yet approved the calendar, but there are plans to resume and end the competition in August. In France, despite the agreement between the League and the players' union (UNFP), neither PSG, OM nor OL have succeeded in imposing a drop in wages for their players.