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PSG players 'REJECT a pay cut as wage negotiations stall'

  /  autty

Paris Saint-Germain are at loggerheads with their players who are refusing to take a pay cut from the French champions.

Talks have been ongoing between the players and the Ligue 1 club over pay cuts in light of coronavirus.

But it has been reported in France that PSG's players are reluctant to listen to club president Nasser Al-Khelaifi and sporting director Leonardo.

Neymar and Kylian Mbappe are two of the club's highest paid players, earning £600,000 and £375,000 a week.

Al-Khelaifi revealed last week in an interview that the players would have to do what they could to help the club reduce costs.

He said: 'I expect them to make an effort for their club.'

According to L'Equipe, Thiago Silva and Marquinhos, captain and vice-captain, are leading talks with the club on behalf of the players.

The club had hoped that its players would be more co-operative and help by making donations or taking voluntary pay cuts.

It comes as French prime minister, Edouard Philippe, is expected to announce on Tuesday afternoon that football in France won't be returning until later this summer.

Reports in French newspaper La Parisen have suggested that the current Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 seasons, which were halted in March, may only resume in August and not before.

PSG have estimated that it could lose around £210million with revenue from gate receipts non-existent until football resumes.

That number is likely to increase should the season not restart until much later in the year.