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Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu says Lionel Messi always advocated for the team to cut their salaries after the forward was left furious with the portrayal of the team. The first-team squad agreed to take a 70% wage cut during the coronavirus pandemic, reducing their own salaries in order to allow non-playing staff to continue earning their full wage. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); However, Messi was unhappy with how the decision had been portrayed in the media, with implications that they were dragging their feet over the wage cut. ‘Our will has always been to apply a drop in the salary we receive,’ insisted the Argentine attacker, before venting at Barcelona’s board. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); ‘It does...

Lionel Messi has attacked Barca’s hierarchy for putting pressure on the players after the team agreed to take a 70 per cent wage cut during the coronavirus crisis. Players at Camp Nou have agreed to reduce their salaries in order for the club’s non-playing staff to continue earning their full wage while sporting activities is postponed due to Covid-19. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); In his statement on Instagram, Messi said that ‘the time has come to announce that, as well as the 70% reduction in our salaries during the state of alarm, we are going to make contributions too so that club employees can receive 100% of their salaries while this situation lasts’. But the Argentine also attacked the club’s hierarchy for putting the players ‘under the ...