Leeds United are in talks with their first-team players over deferring their wages as the club attempt to offset the financial impact of coronavirus.
The squad at Elland Road are expected to agree to a temporary cap on salaries after talks between senior players and club officials Angus Kinnear and Victor Orta on Tuesday.
Chief executive Kinnear and director of football Orta held a meeting to discuss the possibility of deferring wages following the suspension of the EFL season amid the coronavirus crisis.
English clubs are under mounting financial pressure following the postponement of league games and doubts about if or when the campaign will be able to restart.
Leeds, who pull in average crowds of 35,000 and led the Championship table when the season was halted, have five home games remaining but will lose out in the short term on substantial revenue from gate receipts and commercial sales.
The Athletic understands that United’s players are receptive to the idea of deferral and willing to put an official arrangement in place this week.
https://theathletic.co.uk/1698393/2020/03/24/leeds-wages-coronavirus-bielsa-efl/
Player Wage Deferral
posted on 25/3/20
Great to see the players and club working together. This is not easy stuff.
posted on 25/3/20
We wont be the only club going down this route and hopefully something can be sorted out.
We are only at the start of this, its only been a week since the original announcement of vulnerable groups to self isolate and unless everyone at the club is on the same wavelength it could make getting through it much harder.
posted on 25/3/20
Had to happen for a club like Leeds and will be happening at many companies who want to try and retain staff and find a way through this rather than just lay everyone off.
It's heartening to hear stories of staff/players buying into this, nice story from Brighton of staff and players checking in with elderly in community to make sure they're ok.
Hope Bielsa and his coaches are able to keep their chins up being away from their friends and family and having to stay in.
All my local courts are closed, impossible to practice anywhere, my son is going up the wall as he's normally training 3 hours per day, it must be really tough for the players to just not be able to train as normal, sitting on bike at home is not the same, and your general fitness goes really quickly.
posted on 26/3/20
All agreed evidently. Well done all involved.
I’ve just renewed my Membership off the back of this. I was hanging on but ALAW?