PSG offered special jersey for sale and donated the proceeds to charity
The € 200,000 collected was donated to the Paris Hospitals association
Sports
March 30th, 2020
March 30th, 2020
A large number of teams around the world are making their contribution to fighting the coronavirus emergency. France is one of the countries most affected by the pandemic and its most representative football team has also decided to take the field:
Paris Saint-Germain is in fact helping the Parisian nurses who are facing the Coronavirus epidemic through a special edition of their home shirt, known as "TOUS UNIS": the 1500 shirts, already sold out, have been created using a design special that removes the sponsor ALL (Accor Live Limitless) replaced by the words "Tous Unis", which translates as "All together", while the Assistance Publique logo appears on the right sleeve.
"In the face of the crisis we are going through, Paris Saint-Germain is taking action together with its partners and supporters," explained Nasser Al-Khelaifi, President and CEO of Paris Saint-Germain. ''We cannot be grateful enough for the enormous and courageous work that healthcare professionals are doing every day to deal with this emergency. These extraordinary women and men are an example for all of us. The struggle will be long and the Club would like to help them with what they especially need: rest, eat and share some moments of comfort with loved ones. Just like the millions of French people who give them the warmest applause every evening at 20:00, we are all together with them and we will be equally together when this crisis is behind us all. This special shirt is a first commitment for the staff of Assistance Publique - Paris Hospitals, and other planned initiatives will be announced shortly''.
The shirts, sold for 175 Euros, are sold out in 12 hours, collecting over €200,000 which will be donated to AP-HP, the Paris hospital company.
In France, one of the first matches across Europe was postponed, the one between PSG and Strasbourg. Subsequently, then, the French Federation decided to suspend both Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 until further notice. Waiting to understand if and when the championship will restart, the French companies - primarily Lyon, Bordeaux and Amiens - have taken the first economic measures. In transalpine land, in fact, the players are equated to any other type of worker and there are no specific laws for the sport, therefore if they do not train and do not play they are paid less. For this reason, all Ligue 1 clubs will apply partial unemployment, a principle reformed last March 16 by the Government, which will guarantee its employees 70% gross of their salary.
