Barcelona president, director issue apology to club captain, wages will ‘not be touched’

Last season, Barcelona’s captains led by example and took massive pay cuts to help the club through their dire financial crisis. It was only after the four veterans took the initiative that others in the team followed suit.

Now, the club find themselves needing lightning to strike twice. With the economic situation still far from solved, it has been reported that Barcelona are asking their captains to take another wage slasher.

Earlier this week, Sergio Busquets hit out at president Joan Laporta saying that it would be better to hear the updates from the club and not the media.

“A salary reduction? I would like the club to tell me, not find out in another way. I’m always willing to help. They have not proposed anything to us, doing it through the press is not the best way. I’m always willing to help.”

Now, according to reports from Catalunya Radio, Laporta has apologised to Busquets personally and told him to ignore the comments in the media. Further, he assured the midfielder that his contract would ‘not be touched; and that no wage cut would be asked of him.

Mateu Alemany is said to have followed the president’s actions and reassured Busquets of the same. The update also confirmed the news that the Spanish international’s contract will be untouched.

Reports had claimed that Busquets was reluctant to agree to another wage reduction, along with other club captains. Although, Gerard Pique might have changed that stance recently, but it seems like Busquets’ salary will remain untouched.

This development now puts the club under pressure to find alternate ways of clearing the wage bill. It now seems that multiple departures from the team are inevitable if any new signings are to be made and registered.