CESC FABREGAS has offered to defer his entire £130,000-a-week wages for four months to help Monaco through the coronavirus crisis.
The former Arsenal and Chelsea midfielder has already accepted a 30 per cent pay cut for the next four months but has now gone one step further.
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The kind-hearted gesture from the highly- decorated Spaniard will save Monaco more than £2million.
Fabregas, whose own great-grandmother, 95, contracted the virus, is also believed to have offered to top up the wages of Monaco’s training ground staff — who have seen their income slashed by nearly a third.
His actions come after top European clubs have been locked in discussions with their players to take pay cuts during the pandemic.
Arsenal stars have agreed to accept a 12.5 per cent pay cut – but as part of the deal they will receive £500,000 each if they win the Champions League in 2021.
But Chelsea have failed to cut a deal with their players after proposing they take a ten per cent slash to their pay packets.
Chelsea players are now pushing for wages to be deferred instead.
Southampton and West Ham were also among the first Prem clubs have agreed on wage deferrals with playing staff.
Skippers of all 20 Premier League teams have, however, brokered a deal where players donate to help the NHS.
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