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Coronavirus: Partey's salary cut at Atletico Madrid

The Ghanaian midfielder will have a significant slash in his paycheck as clubs grapple with the financial effects of the lockdown

Thomas Partey along with the rest of his Atletico Madrid teammates have agreed to take a 70% pay cut in a bid to supplement the cost of paying 430 employees at the club.

The pandemic has brought major football activities to a halt for nearly a month now and the financial implications are beginning to hit.

It is still uncertain if the 2019-20 season will continue or brought to a halt, but it is clearly making clubs take drastic decisions.