International striker Luis Suarez complained of criticism directed at him and his colleagues in Barcelona, as a result of the delay in agreeing to reduce their salaries in light of the interruption of the league due to the new Coronavirus, indicating that he felt "pain" from what happened to the players.
Messi, in a lengthy message posted on his official account on Instagram, criticized the club's board of directors headed by Giuseppe Maria Bartumio, who accused him of undermining the players during the recent negotiations.
The spread of "COVID-19" imposed almost complete paralysis in various sports activities around the world, and led to the suspension of football competitions in Spain.
Spanish and European clubs began resorting to salary cuts to acclimate to the financial consequences of stopping the games now, including Barcelona, who entered into negotiations with the players to reach an agreement on this issue without imposing the reduction "imposed" on the players, according to Bartumio.
Contrary to the initial impression, Messi stressed in his message that most of his colleagues posted on social media: We make clear that our desire has always been to apply salary cuts, because we fully understand that this is an exceptional situation and we are the first to always help the club when we are asked to do so," continuing. We did so often on our own initiative when we saw that this was necessary or important.
Messi pointed out that there are inside the club who tried to put us under the microscope and pressure us to do something we always knew we would do.
What was issued by Suarez on Thursday in an interview with Radio Sport 890 was not different from Messi's position, noting that the accusations leveled against the players are painful because we are the first to want an agreement. We know the situation in which the club lives and the situation in the world at the time The current (late agreement) was a small detail.
He continued: But people said things like that the players do not want to contribute, that the basketball and handball players (in Barcelona) reached an agreement and we (the football team) did not do that, explaining, We did not reach an agreement because we were waiting for a better solution. For the club and for our benefit and trying to help the staff.
Suarez, who stayed in Spain unlike some of his international colleagues in Europe, such as Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint-Germain) and Diego Godin (Inter Milan, Italy), called on his country to impose a strict ban in order to combat the spread of the "COVID-19" virus.
And Suarez considered that the strict ban is the best solution for everyone. I know that it is difficult to implement this in Uruguay, where many people live their daily work, but if we do not all unite and go in the same direction, it will be difficult to get out of this situation.
Uruguay partially closed its borders, closed schools and shopping malls and advised people to socialize and stay at home, but did not impose the ban and the complete closure of the country.
The number of infected cases of "COVID-19" in Uruguay reached 350, while four people have died so far.
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