Denmark s upcoming international friendlies are under threat with the local FA and Danish players at odds over a new pay deal.
The Danish Football Association (DBU) agreed to a new series of meetings with the Danish Players Association (Spillerforeningen) on Tuesday in an effort to agree a new pay deal, although Denmark s March friendlies remain under threat.
DBU and Spillerforeningen have been at odds since February 18 when the former sent a letter to approximately 60 players involved with Denmark s senior, under-21 and women s national teams.
The letter claimed negotiations about a new collective agreement had collapsed and set a deadline for Monday, for players to sign individual deals for national team duty at 17 per cent lower than the previous deal.
But the players called DBU s bluff and on Tuesday the Danish football media queried whether Denmark s senior men s team will play the United States on March 25 and France on March 29.
A pay agreement could still be completed, however, with DBU announcing they will meet with Spillerforeningen again.
It is and remains a sorry situation when we don t have a national team deal, DBU s CEO Claus Bretton-Meyer said in a statement.
We have therefore listened to many players pleas to come back to the negotiating table. We have organised a series of meetings with Spillerforeningen and hope for a speedy solution.
It is understood that DBU want to reduce costs after losing between €600,000 and €1.2million through 2013 and 2014.
