Portugal’s Sporting to cut player wages by 40pc amid coronavirus losses
Sunday, 12 Apr 2020 07:13 PM MYT
LISBON, April 12 — Players at Sporting will have their salaries cut by 40 per cent for three months as the club attempts to mitigate financial losses from the suspension of games during the coronavirus outbreak, Portuguese news agency Lusa reported.With the pandemic shutting down global sport on an unprecedented scale, Sporting is the first of Portugal’s three major football clubs to announce the cuts.
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