Atlético-MG reveals drama with wages, but imposes a date for the end of debt

The financial situation of Atlético-MG not the best, and Rodrigo Caetano revealed that salaries for the month of April are not paid. The deadline for payment expired on the last eighth of May, but the forecast is that this debt will be paid by this Friday, the 19th.98FM“, the alvinegro director highlighted that the moment is not one of pressure and that everything will be defined in the next few days.

According to the director of Atlético-MG, Brazilian clubs in general need to end the culture of ‘normalizing’ late salary payments. According to Rodrigo Caetano, Galo is only in this situation because it has become something inevitable. Even so, the tendency is for the team to stabilize the debt and return to paying salaries within the period agreed with the athletes.

“We have to stop the football culture that delaying salary is normal. It is not normal. This is regardless of how much they earn, because each one lives according to what they collect. Those who do not understand this, do not follow the evolution of football“, said the director. According to him, everything will be settled with the Atlético-MG players this Friday, the 19th.

There are awards for passages from Libertadores and Copa do Brasil, which the club will regularize. This is informed to the athletes. Hopefully tomorrow it will be fixed. And that this is not the agenda“, he completed.

While Atlético-MG plans to pay the late salaries for the month of April for its players, the team is already preparing for the next round of the Brasileirão. The team will visit Coritiba this Saturday, the 20th, at 6:30 pm (Brasília time), at Couto Pereira. Galo seeks its fourth consecutive victory in the 2023 season. The team comes from great results against Cuiabá, Internacional and Corinthians. The first two for the Brazilian Championship and the other for the Copa do Brasil.

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