The former Italian international said: if the league is restarted after May 20, it means that it is likely to end after June 30, when some players’ contracts have expired.
Xinhua News Agency, Rome, April 2, Tomasi, president of the Italian players association, said in an interview on the 2nd that at present, Italian football should pay more attention to players’ contracts and security issues than how to reduce salaries.
Affected by the outbreak of the new Crown pneumonia, most league matches in European football have been suspended at present, and several teams are discussing the issue of salary reduction. Serie A Juventus club also reached a salary reduction agreement with the players a few days ago. But in Tomasi’s view, there are too many other things to consider now.
The former Italian international said: “If the league is restarted after May 20, it means that it is likely to end after June 30, when some players’ contracts have expired. In this way, we need to modify the contract rules, which must be unified, otherwise there will be different regulations between the leagues.”
Tomasi said: “But more importantly, it is on the public health level. I have said before that the league can be restarted only when the players are 100% safe, if there is a second outbreak peak, we will suffer more serious consequences. Therefore, salary reduction is not the main thing. If the league is over, we will discuss how to deal with the salary during this period.”