An-Najah News - Agencies - Former Spanish football star and current Qatari Al Sadd coach Xavi Hernandez and his wife, Nuria Cunillera, have donated 1 million euros to the Medical Clinic Hospital in Barcelona, ​​to help fight corona virus, the hospital announced on Saturday.

“Xavi Hernandez and his wife, Nuria, have donated 1 million euros to help fight the pandemic” the hospital said on Twitter.

“We and Noria support the battle against the corona virus, which is being led by the Hospital Medical Clinic in Barcelona. Thanks to the donations the hospital receives, it has purchased the necessary equipment to treat the infected people and for its health workers,” Xavi said in a video clip posted on the official website of the Catalan hospital.

An-Najah News - Liverpool gave some non-player employees a paid holiday, coinciding with the suspension of the competition for almost four weeks due to the corona virus pandemic.

Under the Britain's job retention plan announced last month with the implementation of the national closure due to the corona virus, employees who take a vacation can get 80 percent of their salaries from the government, up to a maximum of 2,500 pounds ($ 3,000) per month.

“All club employees who have been granted a vacation according to the suspension of football activity, will receive 100 percent of their salaries, confirming that none of the employees are subject to a decrease in salaries,” Liverpool said.

Liverpool said there is “a collective commitment at the club's senior levels - on and off the field - where everyone is working towards a solution that guarantees jobs.”