Chelsea Opt Against Pay Cut, Tell Players To Donate To Charity
Chelsea opt against pay cut, tell players to donate to charity
ON April 26, 2020 5:15 AM / IN Sports /
BY Rasheed Sobowale
Chelsea have said they will not impose a pay cut on their first-team squad in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
But the Premier League side added Saturday they had asked players to continue donating to charities during the ongoing pandemic.
It has been reported the west London club have been in talks with their players about a salary reduction of around 10 percent in a bid to reduce costs at a time when football has been suspended because of the virus.
That figure, however, is significantly lower than the Premier League’s suggestion of 30 percent for all clubs.
But that has not stopped the Stamford Bridge side from taking their own course of action as they highlighted the #PlayersTogether initiative launched by Premier League players earlier this month, which aims to raise and distribute funds for charities supporting Britain’s state-run National Health Service (NHS).
“We are grateful to the team for having played their role in assisting the club with community activities as well as all the charitable causes they have been supporting in their respective home countries and through the Players Together initiative supporting the NHS,” said a club statement.
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