TRAIN RUNS OUT OF GRAVY

Last updated : 21 December 2004 By editor

Bayern Munich are warning their players that salaries are more likely to fall than rise, even as they cut costs by reducing the size of their first-team squad.

"One thing is clear: the market has changed, and not in the players' favour," said Bayern president Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.

"The days of permanently increasing salaries are over. It's much more likely that wages will go down."