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The issue of pay gaps between male and female footballers is once again at the heart of debates. Alisha Lehmann, a women’s football star followed by more than 17 million subscribers on Instagram, complained about the pay gap between her and her partner Douglas Luiz, even though they both play for Juventus Turin.
“After training, I often tell Douglas that it’s not fair. We do the same job, but he earns a hundred thousand times more than me. It’s something that affects me.”admitted the Swiss woman in the columns of The RepublicWhile the pay gap Lehmann alludes to is obviously an exaggeration, this issue is one of the main battles fought by many professional female footballers, who are demanding an income equivalent to that of men.
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