Borussia Dortmund confirms that the football professionals will voluntarily waive part of their salaries in the corona crisis.
Borussia Dortmund’s professional soccer players will voluntarily waive part of their salaries in the Corona crisis. A corresponding agreement between players and club was confirmed by BVB on Tuesday.
Managing director Hans-Joachim Watzke considered the concession from the team for the benefit of the 850 club employees a “valuable sign of solidarity”.
Watzke, other persons in charge such as sports director Michael Zorc or licensed player manager Sebastian Kehl and also coach Lucien Favre are also cutting back on their salaries. In total, a two-digit million amount is to be saved.
According to the Bild-Zeitung, BVB players were presented a step-by-step model in small groups. If there are ghost games, 10 percent, without games 20 percent, of the usual salary will be deducted. Game and victory bonuses will be dropped anyway: Currently, all games are suspended.Borussia Dortmund confirms that the football professionals will voluntarily waive part of their salaries in the corona crisis.
Borussia Dortmund’s professional soccer players will voluntarily waive part of their salaries in the Corona crisis. A corresponding agreement between players and club was confirmed by BVB on Tuesday.
Managing director Hans-Joachim Watzke considered the concession from the team for the benefit of the 850 club employees a “valuable sign of solidarity”.
Watzke, other persons in charge such as sports director Michael Zorc or licensed player manager Sebastian Kehl and also coach Lucien Favre are also cutting back on their salaries. In total, a two-digit million amount is to be saved.
According to the Bild-Zeitung, BVB players were presented a step-by-step model in small groups. If there are ghost games, 10 percent, without games 20 percent, of the usual salary will be deducted. Game and victory bonuses will be dropped anyway: Currently, all games are suspended.
