FIGC president Gabriele Gravina discussed the agreement reached between Juventus and their squad to suspend the players’ salaries for a few months in an interview with Italian news outlet ANSA earlier today.
“The agreement reached by Juventus is an example for the whole system. I would like to thank Giorgio Chiellini, his team mates and Maurizio Sarri because in the wake of the collaboration that the Federation has been hoping for, for days, they have put the general interest at the centre of their conversation with the club.”
Gravina then highlighted how unity and solidarity are the most important responses to the ongoing Coronavirus emergency, which poses a threat to Italian football as a whole, and not only individual clubs.
“Unity and solidarity in the world of football represent the first great response to the emergency we are experiencing and which risks being even more serious if we don’t return to play. Only through the contribution of all the heroes, each one for his part, will we make football stronger.”
Serie A, like most other leagues around Europe, has been postponed until further notice due to the ongoing Coronavirus emergency, which has hit Italy harder than any other country in Europe. Italian club’s have requested that they shouldn’t have to pay the players’ full salary, or any salary at all, for the months that they aren’t training or working, due to the heavy strain the emergency is putting on all clubs. So far Juventus are the only Italian club to reach such an agreement with their players.
