Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Spanish players cancel strike

Spanish players cancel strike

The proposed strike by the Association of Spanish footballers (AFE) for this weekend has been called off.

The AFE last week announced plans to go on strike across all four divisions of the Liga Nacional Futbol Profesional (LNFP) from 16th April to 19th April.

The AFE were concerned about unpaid wages, particularly to players in the lower leagues, but promised to keep negotiating with the Spanish government's sports council (CSD) and the Spanish football federation (RFEF), as well as the LNFP.

Lengthy talks have been held over the past couple of days and sufficient progress has been made to avert industrial action.

The potential stoppage would have affected a key weekend in all the leagues, with Barcelona's game against local rivals Espanyol among the most high-profile.

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