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Asian football players face uphill battle for their rights, says union By September 29, 2020 7:24 PM Covid-19 pandemic has made them especially vulnerable to wage cuts and redundancies. (Rawpixel pic) BERN: Footballers in many parts of Asia face an uphill battle to ensure basic rights and the Covid-19 pandemic has made them especially vulnerable to wage cuts and redundancies, the global players’ union Fifpro said on Tuesday. Although footballers’ rights are a concern worldwide, the problem is acute in Asia because of a lack of dialogue with federations and clubs, Fifpro general secretary Jonas Baer-Hoffmann told reporters in a...
