Juventus, Ronaldo agree to forgo 90M euros in wages to aid club during Coronavirus crisis

Cristia Ronaldo and his Juventus teammates along with coach Maurizio Sarri agreed to forgo 90 million euros ($100 million) in ws on Saturday to help club during coronavirus crisis.

club said money amounted to four months worth of ws, a third of players' salaries.

first agreement of its kind in Serie A since play was halted three weeks ago means Ronaldo, highest-paid player in Serie A, will give up 10 million euros (more than $11 million).

Juventus captain Giorgio Chiellini, who has an ecomics degree,

“Should current season's matches be rescheduled, club will negotiate in good faith with players and coach conditional increases of compensations according to actual resumption and finalization of official competitions,” Juventus said.

Aiming for a record-extending ninth straight Serie A title, Juventus les standings by one point from Lazio.

“Juventus would like to thank players and coach for ir commitment at a difficult time for everyone,” club concluded.

All sports in Italy have been suspended under a nationwide lockdown through April 3 but health experts have said need to try to contain COVID-19 will likely last weeks beyond that. League officials have discussed resuming Serie A in May.

Three Juventus players -- Daniele Rugani, Blaise Matuidi and Paulo Dybala -- have tested positive for COVID-19.

Overall, Italy has nearly 100,000 positive cases and days ago surpassed total of China, where outbreak began in early 2020.

Earlier this month, Agnelli family that controls Juventus donated 10 million euros in relief funds to Italy’s civil protection ncy.