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In the face of the spread of the new coronavirus, the world of football is mobilising to minimize the impact caused by the pandemic. In Brazil and abroad, clubs are reducing the highest salaries to cover expenses, which includes the salaries of professionals who earn less money. Look at a few examples:

Barcelona – Spain
Players’ salaries will be reduced by 70% while Spain is in an emergency because of the disease. The announcement was posted on the social networks of the team captain, Lionel Messi. It states that athletes will also make financial contributions so that the other employees can continue to receive 100% of their salary. In Spain, football matches are on hold.

Juventus – Italy
There will be a reduction of the coach’s, Maurizio Sarri, and players’ pay between March and June. The team will save 90 million euros (close to 471 million reais). Matches are on hold in Italy.

Atlético Mineiro – Brazil
Said it will decrease the salaries of players, technical commission members’ and even managers by 25% until the end of the pandemic. All football matches in Brazil are on hold.

Why lower salaries?
With the matches on hold, the teams are not making money from ticket sales and have started having trouble paying their employees. This includes not only players and the technical committee, but also those who work in other areas such as management. By lowering the salaries of the professionals who earn the most, the players and technical commission for example, more funds will be left for the team. That way, 100% of the salary of the employees who earn less and would be the most harmed without their monthly salary can be paid.

Other acts of solidarity in the sporting world

 Phillipe Coutinho , a player for the German team from Munich, Bayern, and the Brazilian National team, has donated 20 tonnes of food and hygiene products to the Barreira do Vasco slum in Rio de Janeiro.

– Football and futsal female players
got together for the campaign “Joga Junto” (play together) to raise funds and make donations to the SUS (Sistema Único de Saúde) – Brazil’s public health system. To find out more, go to: http://cutt.ly/ntY2HSV

Sources:
Globo Esporte, Instagram Lionel Messi, Juventus, and the official site of Barcelona 

1) Which of the options below is true?
a) The new coronavirus has caused financial loss for football clubs. That is why they are lowering the high salaries.
b) The men’s football clubs are campaigning to donate money to Brazil’s public health system.
c) Only clubs in Europe will lower salaries.
d) The salaries of all players in Europe have been lowered by 25%.

2) What do you think about the clubs’ decision to lower salaries? Why?

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