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Suarez slams ‘hurtful’ claims Barca players refused wage cuts NewsColony The Uruguayan has stressed the players were the first that wanted to make the salary sacrifice Luis Suarez defended Barcelona players and said they were the first who wanted to reach an agreement over a pay cut. Barcelona players agreed to a 70 per cent pay cut earlier this week  amid the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement confirming the move on Monday, Barcelona star Lionel Messi took aim at senior figures at the club for putting players under pressure  over something they always knew they would do. Suarez said players were hurt by reports they were unwilling to accept a salary reduction. “A lot of hurtful things have been said about the squad’s salary cuts,” the forward told Sport 890  on Thursday. “People have said that the players didn’t want to accept them, then it was said that players from other areas of the club had reached an agreement, when the reality is that we were waiting to...