Players in the country’s top four divisions will strike if they cannot reach an agreement with the Spanish government's sports council, the Royal Spanish Football Federation and the Professional Football League (LFP) over unpaid wages, mainly in the lower tiers.
“The current situation is the most difficult of the last 20 years,” said AFE president Luis Manuel Rubiales. “We are aware that a strike is a not a positive measure, but neither is the situation faced by hundreds of footballers who have gone a year without taking home a wage.”
The union said in a statement that a majority of players back a possible work stoppage that would affect the Espanyol-Barcelona derby game and the match between La Liga leaders Real Madrid and third-placed Valencia.
