President of Barcelona, Josep Maria Bartomeu says the recent wage reduction decision made by the club is to restore normality in their finances since there has not been any returns in the club as at March 14.

With Barcelona's first-team players having taken a 70 per cent cut in salary, Josep Maria Bartomeu has made clear that Los Cules aren't going to go bankrupt in June after measures were put in place within the club, and that should make the club a saving of 16 million euros in what is a difficult time for all football teams.

"The situation is complex," Bartomeu explained in an interview with Catalunya Radio.

"Since March 14 Barcelona have had no income, but we would not go bankrupt in June.

"If nothing has been established by June, then there will be losses.

"If we do not restore normality, obviously there will be losses, and that is why we're making these reductions."

When asked to expand on the specific details of ERTE to club staff members, the president made clear that Barcelona are doing all they can to support their workers.

"It's time to take action," Bartomeu confirmed.

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"We spoke with our professional athletes to reduce the wages of the players, but we also have taken a step with other employees.

"With the ERTE, the players and the club will supplement their own salaries so that [non-sporting] employees can collect their full pay whilst this crisis lasts.

"The saving is 16 million euros and that represents 5.75 per cent of the players' yearly salaries, but that alone isn't enough to avoid the ERTE."

Bartomeu continued to detail just how the club has been impacted by the lack of football in this period, and it's something that many forget with regard to the football clubs that usually seem obscenely wealthy in regular times.

"We can't open the museum, we have no television rights, there are no hospitality payments or ticket sales," he declared.

"It's not convenient to give figures, but we've stopped making a lot of money.

"We're mitigating to work against this, and we hope that this lasts 60 days at most, but these aren't desperate measures; what Barcelona are doing is merely what the big clubs in Europe are doing; Bayern Munich, Lyon, Juventus..."