(Reuters) - Many professional footballers around the world earn little more than an average income and cannot afford to have their wages cut during the coronavirus crisis, the global players union FIFPRO told Reuters Television on Friday.
Players in England's high-earning Premier League have faced calls to accept wage cuts while the sport is at a standstill, but FIFPRO General Secretary Jonas Baer-Hoffmann said the situation was very different elsewhere.
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