Frenkie De Jong has been under pressure to reduce his salary for a long time at Barcelona, and it's hard to survive these days. In response to the financial difficulties Barca is experiencing at the moment, Xavi decided to reduce Frenkie De Jong's salary by half. In order to be involved in Barca, the Dutchman must make an effort. De Jong is notable this season for not bowing to anyone. Probably he has the best legal representation advising him, as he knows his worth.
Again and again, the team's financial problems must have an impact on the player's salaries. Yes it is something that is difficult to do, but forced to do. As a result, players have to accept this harsh reality. Stick with a pay cut or decide to ask for a sale. Actually, many are interested in this one player, now we wait to see what will happen.
I mean players would definitely have a big loss when teams lose a lot of money, but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't really be shocked that they need De Jong to take a salary cut, it wouldn't really be understandable if we end up with cut for many players as well, not just De Jong.
We have a lot of players over 30 that has been playing in Barcelona long time and they will definitely be asked to get a lower salary as well, that would be a problem. If they keep going like this there won't be any players left that would want to play for them. I mean think about it, if the company you work for asked to take a cut on your salary, wouldn't you start looking at other places?