Fulham boss Felix Magath faces a 30 per cent pay cut if they go down.
The Mirror says the west London club's players will also have their wages slashed if they fail in their battle against the drop into the Championship.
A source said: "A lot of players' contracts are up and all of them have relegation clauses. So the wage bill would drop by over half. And it would start with the manager."
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