Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona has offered to cut his salary as a coach at Jimnasia La Plata, to help him in the financial crisis caused by the outbreak of the new Corona virus.
The Argentine League matches were suspended until further notice since March 17, and the League has entered into negotiations to reduce the salaries of players and employees, to alleviate the disastrous effect of stopping the competitions.
"We exchanged messages with his assistant, and he (Maradona) was among the first to be prepared to review his salary, because he wanted to," Gabriel Pellegrino, president of the club threatening to relegate to the second division, told Radio "Cielo Sports".
"This indicates a person who is not thinking about money, but rather with the help of Khimnasia in this situation," he added.
The 1986 world champion took over the club's training last September.
The club president added, "Maradona is not looking forward to the end of his contract. He is at home now, but he will return. He will be ready after the end of this matter."
On the way Maradona, 59, has adapted to the period of isolation, Pellegrino added, "Diego is doing well, he is bored like everyone else, he takes care of himself because he is at an age closer to a group at risk, but he deals with the best of his ability."
Last month, Maradona sent a message of support to Italians who are going through a difficult period due to the outbreak.
He posted a picture of him on the Instagram app, wearing a Napoli shirt, his team during the eighties in the stadium of San Paulo and wrote commenting: "I lived in Naples for seven years, I have a family there, and a lot of people I love and who love me, Italy is part of my life and I want to send them a message Support in these difficult times. "
"There (in Italy), everyone realized that they had to stay in their homes. I hope we will comply with them in Argentina at the appropriate time," added the "golden boy" who crowned the Italian champions in 1987 and 1990.
In Argentina, 1,353 people were infected with the "Covid-19" virus, including 42 deaths.