![Union Berlin announced that their first team squad would go entirely without wages, although there was no timescale for how long. Reuters](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/4YUTJCNLI6NOHGFP5GNSG34UEQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=2555708a1c0d2a47a8e611fb415bf2aa66905f2d963cfa66b290c896471d9514&width=400&height=225)
![Lionel Messi and his Barcelona teammates have agreed to take a pay cut as have Barcelona's basketball first team. AFP](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/QP4LB2QTSELOOFATMKJBCTMJRM.jpg?smart=true&auth=ffa1893b4381570567190777217fbeaeb7614f1bf99994ad85f7dd0132b4cd78&width=400&height=225)
![Juventus announced that all first-team players and manager Maurizio Sarri would take a one-third pay cut for the next four months. EPA](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/OSOKBM56RTWK77ULV6VLIOG3U4.jpg?smart=true&auth=69af4284b0974199d7a59563ca4ce0db01c20f4af4be4a99e931f2b5cf8c2c44&width=400&height=225)
![Atletico Madrid confirmed that the first team and staff would be taking pay cuts to help the club continue to pay other workers during the lockdown. AFP](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/ONI26AXL3UX2LRTM5NRF6MW6PA.jpg?smart=true&auth=18fa68c8da7df375605dce6ee3b50b317f11e493378f015bcc2e12f62ea92a2f&width=400&height=225)
![Espanyol announced pay cuts for sporting staff, including the men's and women's first team, reserve teams and Under-19s. EPA](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/LTLV3WREVUDTOPFJOBDYGUEODE.jpg?smart=true&auth=5830065d6a3937bac50aa045539bbc5f4a3f4c04ed81d88e6f2b281ae8178bd4&width=400&height=225)
![Borussia Monchengladbach players have taken a wage cut after the players offered to forgo wages to help other workers at the club. "The team has offered to forgo salary if it can help the club and the employees," the club's managing director Stephan Schippers said. EPA](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/LCA7CAIITL7G7RFB2FFHSSNVDA.jpg?smart=true&auth=3c5f38d5cb34256715d9f2a45ff3b6635481570f2dc6944e325b8cf3d9322756&width=400&height=225)
![Borussia Dortmund confirmed that the first team will "waive part of their salaries", the club announced. AP Photo](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/IMQW5SGWN3ZBFGAGKVMI55VY3Q.jpg?smart=true&auth=ddbbbc9a25d9a7bf47602af1b6872951a103c597ebd161ede933b5bf7c02a716&width=400&height=225)
![Bayern Munich announced that the first team football squad would take a 20 per cent pay cut. Getty Images](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/KCAWTVP7JAMOXNH5TRIWUBCZBQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=25f493a4f48f40f95c391c08cd5046cacf02e3099ae7aa62adabb6c95499a3c6&width=400&height=225)
![Union Berlin announced that their first team squad would go entirely without wages, although there was no timescale for how long. Reuters](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/4YUTJCNLI6NOHGFP5GNSG34UEQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=2555708a1c0d2a47a8e611fb415bf2aa66905f2d963cfa66b290c896471d9514&width=400&height=225)
![Lionel Messi and his Barcelona teammates have agreed to take a pay cut as have Barcelona's basketball first team. AFP](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/QP4LB2QTSELOOFATMKJBCTMJRM.jpg?smart=true&auth=ffa1893b4381570567190777217fbeaeb7614f1bf99994ad85f7dd0132b4cd78&width=400&height=225)
![Juventus announced that all first-team players and manager Maurizio Sarri would take a one-third pay cut for the next four months. EPA](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/OSOKBM56RTWK77ULV6VLIOG3U4.jpg?smart=true&auth=69af4284b0974199d7a59563ca4ce0db01c20f4af4be4a99e931f2b5cf8c2c44&width=400&height=225)
![Atletico Madrid confirmed that the first team and staff would be taking pay cuts to help the club continue to pay other workers during the lockdown. AFP](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/ONI26AXL3UX2LRTM5NRF6MW6PA.jpg?smart=true&auth=18fa68c8da7df375605dce6ee3b50b317f11e493378f015bcc2e12f62ea92a2f&width=400&height=225)
![Espanyol announced pay cuts for sporting staff, including the men's and women's first team, reserve teams and Under-19s. EPA](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/LTLV3WREVUDTOPFJOBDYGUEODE.jpg?smart=true&auth=5830065d6a3937bac50aa045539bbc5f4a3f4c04ed81d88e6f2b281ae8178bd4&width=400&height=225)
![Borussia Monchengladbach players have taken a wage cut after the players offered to forgo wages to help other workers at the club. "The team has offered to forgo salary if it can help the club and the employees," the club's managing director Stephan Schippers said. EPA](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/LCA7CAIITL7G7RFB2FFHSSNVDA.jpg?smart=true&auth=3c5f38d5cb34256715d9f2a45ff3b6635481570f2dc6944e325b8cf3d9322756&width=400&height=225)
![Borussia Dortmund confirmed that the first team will "waive part of their salaries", the club announced. AP Photo](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/IMQW5SGWN3ZBFGAGKVMI55VY3Q.jpg?smart=true&auth=ddbbbc9a25d9a7bf47602af1b6872951a103c597ebd161ede933b5bf7c02a716&width=400&height=225)
![Bayern Munich announced that the first team football squad would take a 20 per cent pay cut. Getty Images](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/KCAWTVP7JAMOXNH5TRIWUBCZBQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=25f493a4f48f40f95c391c08cd5046cacf02e3099ae7aa62adabb6c95499a3c6&width=400&height=225)
![Union Berlin announced that their first team squad would go entirely without wages, although there was no timescale for how long. Reuters](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/4YUTJCNLI6NOHGFP5GNSG34UEQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=2555708a1c0d2a47a8e611fb415bf2aa66905f2d963cfa66b290c896471d9514&width=400&height=225)
Barcelona, Juventus and other major clubs introducing wage cuts - in pictures
Coronavirus pandemic causing football clubs to take measures to protect finances during the lockdown
Jon Turner
March 29, 2020
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March 29, 2020