On the ground, Paris SG had a successful week with the qualification for the quarter-finals of the Champions League against FC Barcelona on Wednesday (1-1 in the second leg after the 4-1 victory in the first leg).
But behind the scenes, a few grains of sand could stop the Parisian machine which welcomes Nantes this Sunday (9:00 p.m.).
L'Equipe
revealed on Saturday that some executives in the locker room were annoyed with a late payment of last season's bonuses promised to the workforce.
Performance bonuses totaling 20 million euros for the entire workforce.
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Very annoyed Keylor Navas and Marquinhos
According to the national daily, Keylor Navas, Marquinhos in particular would be the players most upset by these late payments which were the subject of jokes at first.
But the champions of France no longer want to laugh, almost nine months after the end of the 2019-2020 season at the end of which the team reached the final of the Champions League by winning a new title. in Ligue 1. Other players, who left the capital last summer, Thiago Silva (in Chelsea) and Thomas Meunier (in Dortmund), would also claim these bonuses from their former employer from abroad.
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The finances of the Qatari club impacted by the crisis
The context of the pandemic and the crisis hitting hard on the football world, including the Qatari club whose revenues have plummeted in recent months, would explain these payment delays.
"It will be done", tried to reassure the PSG who had to pay 8 million indemnities to Thomas Tuchel and his staff, disembarked this winter.
Still according to
L'Equipe
, the leaders would consider setting up a schedule by adjusting the bonuses in proportion to the number of matches played.
These were less numerous last year due to the unique format of the C1 in particular, played in Lisbon behind closed doors with a Final 8 and quarter and semi-finals played on one match and not two.
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