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Asante Kotoko players have accepted a forty percent pay cut to support the club in this Coronavirus period.
According to the General Manager of Asante Kotoko Nana Akwasi Gyambibi Coker, the management members tasked the head coach Maxwell Konadu to talk to the players to accept a pay cut to sustain the club of which the playing body have agreed.
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Kyfilla.com earlier broke the news that, the players, after a meeting with the head coach, have agreed to accept a pay cut to help the club as the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic in Ghana continues.
In an interview, Nana Coker indicated that the decision is to help sustain the club as football activities in the country has been suspended due to the Coronavirus outbreak.
“It’s something we initially discussed at management level. We considered our situation and our financial strength in containing our expenses and measures to help sustain the club during the suspension of the league due to Covid-19 and we considered pay-cut as one of the measures”, Nana Coker told Kumasi FM.
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“We called the coach [Maxwell Konadu] and tasked him to engage the players on our behalf and he has reported back to us they have listened to our plea and have accepted a pay cut. It is a 40% pay-cut and will be implemented soon”, he added.
Asante Kotoko have become the first club in the domestic league to accept pay-cut due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
