Lionel Messi hit out at the Barcelona board this week in regards to a paycut Barca star stated he and his team-mates would take a 70 per cent drop in wages

                                                                                                         In these times of boredom let’s play: ‘Who’s the bad guy?’ That’s what Barcelona seemed to have been up to this week with club captain Lionel Messi up against president Josep Bartomeu.

Bartomeu had announced on Thursday that the club was implementing across the board pay-cuts for all employees. The details were not given but it was made clear the first-team footballers were not in favour of the idea. That was not a good look for Messi and company.

How can somebody, who France Football recently listed as football’s top-earner on £116million a year (€131m), begrudge giving up a little cash in this times of global pandemic?Messi, fuming at the insinuation, and in constant touch with his similarly disgruntled team-mates, stayed silent for a while, save for the announcement of a £900,000 (€1million) donation to two hospitals – one in Catalonia and one in Argentina.