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(Reuters) - With sports events around the world suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic, football clubs and leagues have been discussing pay cuts with players to help them make it through the crisis.

** The Italian top-tier football league proposed on Monday to suspend players' salaries for 4 months until June, Sky Sport Italia reported https://bit.ly/3aGY1K2 citing an official letter from the league to the Italian football players' association .

** The players' association told the league that it would prefer to freeze wages only for a month, Ansa reported https://bit.ly/3bR3r5E following the first meeting between the two parties after the letter. ** The details of Inter Milan agreements will be defined once it is will be clear whether the current season will resume.** The association representing England's professional footballers denied on Wednesday that it has blocked wage deferrals for players during the coronavirus stoppage but said that clubs should pay all staff if they could afford it.

 

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