Lusa also reported Sporting's board of
directors will take a 50% pay cut.
With the pandemic shutting down global sport on an unprecedented
scale, Sporting is the first of Portugal's three major football
clubs to announce the cuts.
FIFA has urged clubs worldwide to consider wage reductions in
order to protect their finances.
F.C. Porto and Benfica were considering a similar reduction in
players' wages this week, local press reported, but have not yet
announced an agreement.
All matches in the country's Primeira Liga were suspended
indefinitely on 12 March. With 10 matches still to play this
season, Sporting are in fourth place.
Should all clubs in the league follow their lead, the cuts could
cost the state over 5 million euros ($5.43 million) per month in
lost social security contributions, fiscal lawyers told Lusa.
In neighbouring Spain, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid players
have taken at least a 70% pay cut.
Portugal has reported 15,987 cases of coronavirus, with 470
deaths.
($1 = 0.9205 euros)
(Reporting by Victoria Waldersee, editing by Pritha Sarkar)
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