Inter’s players should use their common sense and accept the club’s request for a pay cut, according to former Juventus and Lazio striker Paolo Di Canio.
Nerazzurri president Steven Zhang yesterday asked the first-team squad to give up two months’ wages, in a bid to ease the club’s well-documented financial problems.
Inter’s players were widely reported in Monday’s papers to be against the idea, following their triumphant march to the Serie A title.
However, Di Canio told Sky Sport Italia on Sunday night: “I would certainly have agreed to give up two months’ wages (if I were an Inter player).
“If the club is having problems then it seems right to me that you try to help them.
“Footballers are already privileged because they earn lots of money.
“It’s a shame to cut your wages in the year you won the scudetto, but I’d have accepted; you need common sense.”
Inter’s squad is thought to be open to renegotiating all their contracts, though, which would at least give Suning the chance to defer certain payments until a later date.
Suning have owned Inter since they bought a majority stake from Erick Thohir in the summer of 2016, and this is undoubtedly their most difficult period since taking charge.
Inter are also reportedly in danger of having to sell key players to balance the books, potentially Lautaro Martinez or Alessandro Bastoni.
