The mother of Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has died after contracting coronavirus.
The club announced 82-year-old Dolors Sala Carrió’s death on Monday in a tweet, adding that she had passed on in Manresa, Barcelona.
“Everyone associated with the club sends their most heartfelt sympathy at this most distressing time to Pep, his family and all their friends,” City added in their tweet.
The death will come as a huge blow to Pep, who recently donated an amount of 1 million Euros to aid in efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Spain.
The amount from Guardiola was to assist a campaign being promoted by the Medical College of Barcelona and the Angel Soler Daniel Foundation after the former Barcelona manager worked with his lawyers on a funding plan.
Medical and personal protective equipment would be procured for frontline health staff, a big boost for the efforts given a shortage of PPE equipment in various facilities across Europe.
Spain is one of the hardest-hit countries from the pandemic, with over 135,000 confirmed cases and well over 13,000 deaths.
