" All the world has agreed to reduce or defer his or her salary. I would like to thank them for having shown such integrity and such an honor to help the family of Everton in this complicated period," said the director-general of the club, Denise Barrett-Baxendale.

She said that the Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti, who signed in December a contract profit of four and a half years with the club of the Mersey, has agreed with his deputies a pay cut of up to 30% or a postponement from mid-march.