Lionel Messi will get a 30 percent wage cut due to the coronavirus pandemic as FC Barcelona’s board are keen to reduce the wage bill before December elections.
The wage cut issue had dominated FC Barcelona’s unrest earlier under the presidency of Josep Maria Bartomeu. However, following the resignation of Bartomeu, it was hoped the Barcelona wage cuts' proposal talks will subside. But the club will not be giving any special treatment to icon Lionel Messi on this issue. According to media reports, Lionel Messi will get no special preference or treatment and he will have a 30 percent wage cut due to the coronavirus pandemic and also due to the Presidency election in FC Barcelona slated to be held in December. This is further to complicate Messi’s relationship with Barcelona.
According to a Spanish media publication, the presidential elections are slated to be held in December this year but the club are keen on reducing the wage bill before the election. President of the club's managing commission Carles Tusquets has claimed that Messi will not be treated differently despite his stature. “We cannot make a tailor-made deal just for [Messi]. We can create different structures for similar cases, but we cannot tailor-make deals for individuals,” Tusquets said
Previous disagreement
Lionel Messi’s tumultuous relationship with FC Barcelona continued in the new La Liga season. According to a report in the Daily Mail, Lionel Messi has apparently written a letter to the club in which he has criticised their decision to reduce all the salaries of the players by 30 per cent in order to cope with the economic difficulties created in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic. Lionel Messi is among the four players to have signed the letter. According to the El Mundo Newspaper, Sergi Roberto, Gerard Pique and Sergio Busquets have also signed the letter with Lionel Messi.
However, this has apparently resulted in differences with young star Phillippe Coutinho and Antoine Griezmann is among the players negotiating contracts with Barcelona. Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Frenkie de Jong and Clement Lenglet have all signed new deals with FC Barcelona and have agreed to a 'temporary salary adjustment'. There are reports that Pique had a change of heart, who allegedly signed the letter, has also agreed to a new deal with a 'temporary salary adjustment'.
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