Borussia M'Gladbach squad give up their salaries to pay workers | OneFootball

Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach have made an incredible gesture as the coronavirus continues to sweep through football.

With clubs taking special measures to protect against the financial damage of the Covid-19 outbreak, Gladbach have gone above and beyond to make sure every club employee continues to pick up their wages.

“The team has offered to forego their salaries if it can help the club and thus the employees,” sporting director Max Eberl announced on Thursday.

In total, more than €1m a month will be given up by the squad and instead be used to pay the club’s other workers.

“I am very proud of the boys,” Eberl added.

“It’s a clear message: we stand together for Borussia, in good times and in bad. They want to give something back to Borussia and also to all the fans who support us. The coaching staff have joined in, as have our sporting directors and managing directors.”

Now that is fantastic and we can only hope other clubs follow their lead.