The De Jong saga continues: Under Spanish law, Barcelona could cut a player’s salary without his consent

A lot has been said about Frenkie de Jong in recent days. But it’s not the attention the young midfielder wants. In fact, Barcelona are negotiating with him for a pay cut, which the footballer himself refuses. However, the club is making great efforts in this direction.

Barcelona finally got out of the playing slump in the second half of last season and have been performing well under coach Xavi. It is no wonder that the Catalan club has the highest ambitions for next season.

But to succeed, they needed to bring in a number of reinforcements during the summer break. Lewandowski, Raphinha, Christensen and Kessie, among others, headed to Camp Nou. And bringing in such players was very difficult given the club’s economic situation.

Barcelona are solving this problem by trying to reduce the salaries of their players, which of course is not met with maximum understanding. One such player who has refused a pay cut is Frenkie de Jong.

There have even been speculations in the media that the club management owes the Dutch player a lot of money. This should not be true, as according to the agreement of both parties, de Jong has some part of his contract money suspended. However, this situation arose by mutual agreement, so Barcelona cannot be blamed in any way.

Worse, however, is Barcelona’s efforts to reduce de Jong’s salary, and its efforts have not stopped despite the player’s negative stance. According to Spanish legislation, the club could even resort to a unilateral pay cut.

However, this is only the last step and it is not expected that the club will eventually resort to it. It is possible, however, in the event of an unflattering economic, personnel or technical situation.

Barcelona is indeed in an economic crisis, so this condition would be met. However, the question is how it would defend its other purchases worth tens of millions of euros in a potential dispute.

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