Cesc Fabregas has offered to defer his entire Monaco salary, including a 30 per cent pay cut, for four months to help the club through the coronavirus crisis.

The gesture would save the Ligue 1 club over £2 million and mean that they would not have to pay back more than £500,000 in wages that former Arsenal and Chelsea midfielder Fabregas is willing to give up for good.

Telegraph Sport understands that Fabregas, who revealed his 95-year-old great-grandmother contracted the coronavirus, has also offered to personally top up the wages of the training ground staff at Monaco, who have seen their wages cut by 30 per cent.

While many clubs both in Europe and in the Premier League have struggled to reach agreement with their players over cuts and deferrals during the coronavirus pandemic, Fabregas is willing to take the situation into his own hands.

He is thought to earn around £130,000-a-week at Monaco, having joined the club from Chelsea in January last year, and his contract runs to 2022. The 32-year-old this month revealed he wants to play on for at least three more years to take his professional career up to 20 years.

As well as offering to cut his wages for the next four months, Fabregas has told Monaco he is willing to defer his entire salary for the same period. He also wants to help staff by making sure they receive their full wages while they cannot work.