There will be no first round of the new Spanish league this weekend as talks today, Wednesday, between the league and the players association failed to reach any agreement on the wage round.
It means that all first and second division games are off, and meetings will continue in forthcoming days to try and avoid the same result on the second day of the league.
Reports from the talks indicate the two sides are as far apart as ever.
The President of the Professional Football League, José Luis Astiazarán, commented after the meeting,
‘We have not reached any agreement. The AFE has upped the stakes, the differences are important, but we have to continue trying to advance. We cannot give more than we have’.
The dispute has arisen because the AFE wants the LFP to create a ‘wage guarantee fund’ which would cover payments of 50 million € owed to first and second division players, and also wants to see clubs which have not paid their players to be sanctioned.
Some players across the country have accumulated long delays in wages being paid, and the AFE claims it is being supported by players unions in countries such as Germany, Italy, Portugal, France and Holland. They say that last season ended with 50 million owed to more than 200 players.
The LFP says that they want players to workout days they play for the National team as holiday time, and for them to all hand over their personal image rights. They say the AFE claims are ‘incomprehensible’ especially as the strike call comes after two months of talks
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