Since March 17, when the Russian Football Federation decreed the suspension of its league due to the advance of the coronavirus, clubs have been considering the possibility of reducing the salaries of their players to face the crisis caused by this disease.
A few days ago, the players of Spartak Moscow announced that they reduced their salaries by 40 percent until training resumes.
Another team that has shown solidarity is Zenit Saint Petersburg, who decided to reduce their salaries by half until the end of May, according to the club's general director Alexandr Medvedev. For now, the measure only affects the first team, so the youth players and club workers will continue to receive their salaries.
Players on the team like Artem Dzyuba have repeatedly called on their compatriots to take the coronavirus pandemic seriously, which has already claimed 47 lives in the largest country in the world, and not to lose patience because football will return to play in the coming months.
Zenit Saint Petersburg is the leader of the Russian Premier League with 50 points, 9 more than Lokomotiv Moscow, where Peruvian Jefferson Farfán plays. There are only 8 matches left to play.