Great Danes! Denmark men's team steps in to try to solve women's team pay dispute
Denmark's men's national football team has offered to pay the women's side in a bid to end their pay dispute with the Danish Football Association (DBU).
Denmark women are on strike after new proposals meant that they would no longer be considered employees of the DBU. The women's side forfeited their friendly against the Netherlands on Friday and could do the same for the World Cup qualifier against Hungary on Tuesday if an agreement is not reached.
It is understood that the men's team has since offered to pay their female counterparts £60,000 a year to solve the dispute but DBU communications manager Jakob Hoyer has told 'BBC Sport': "It's a very positive thing the men have done but it is not part of our negotiations."
Danish PFA president Jeppe Curth has released a statement which placed the blame for the impasse squarely on the shoulders of the DBU saying: "On Sunday we sent two new proposals to the Danish FA.
"The last one included an offer from the players of the men's national team, who offered 500,000 DKK (£60,000) a year from their agreement with the DBU to the women's national team instead.
"This was on the condition of the Danish FA securing the same basic rights for the women in their agreement as the men have in theirs. The DBU has unfortunately decided to reject both these offers."
Negotiations continue between the DBU and the Danish PFA.