Barcelona, Juventus and other major clubs introducing wage cuts - in pictures

Coronavirus pandemic causing football clubs to take measures to protect finances during the lockdown

Lionel Messi and his Barcelona teammates have agreed to take a pay cut as have Barcelona's basketball first team. AFP

Juventus announced that all first-team players and manager Maurizio Sarri would take a one-third pay cut for the next four months. EPA

Atletico Madrid confirmed that the first team and staff would be taking pay cuts to help the club continue to pay other workers during the lockdown. AFP

Espanyol announced pay cuts for sporting staff, including the men's and women's first team, reserve teams and Under-19s. EPA

Borussia Monchengladbach players have taken a wage cut after the players offered to forgo wages to help other workers at the club. "The team has offered to forgo salary if it can help the club and the employees," the club's managing director Stephan Schippers said. EPA

Borussia Dortmund confirmed that the first team will "waive part of their salaries", the club announced. AP Photo

Bayern Munich announced that the first team football squad would take a 20 per cent pay cut. Getty Images

Union Berlin announced that their first team squad would go entirely without wages, although there was no timescale for how long. Reuters

An increasing number of elite football clubs across Europe have announced wage cuts for players and staff to help ease the financial pressures brought on by the coronavirus-enforced shutdown.

Italian champions Juventus on Saturday night became the latest club to confirm that first team players and staff would take one-third pay cuts for the next four months.

The decision comes after clubs in Spain and Germany took similar financial measures, with more expected to follow in England, France, and elsewhere around the world.

To stay on top of the latest developments, the photo gallery above details all the major football clubs to introduce salary cuts due to the coronavirus pandemic, and will be updated when more clubs follow suit.

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