Manchester United and Manchester City have combined to support the city's fundraising efforts with a £1m donation pledged to the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund set up in the wake of Monday's terrorist attack, reports www.fcbusiness.co.uk
Under the banner of #ACityUnited, the two clubs will continue to explore opportunities to support the city at this testing time.
The Lord Mayor backed emergency fund, in partnership with the British Red Cross, was set up in the wake of the horrifying attack at the Manchester Arena and is designed to assist the families and dependents of the 22 people who died in the atrocity and the 64 people who were injured, many of them critically.
The fund has swelled to £2million in the past 24 hours, with the merging of Manchester Evening News' #westandtogether crowd funded campaign which itself had raised £1m.
The clubs' £1million donation increases that combined total to beyond £3million.
Speaking of the collaboration, Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Chairman of Manchester City said: "We have all been humbled by the strength and solidarity shown by the people of Manchester in the days since the attack.
"The hope of both our clubs is that our donation will go some small way to alleviate the daunting challenges faced by those directly affected and that our acting together will serve as a symbol to the world of the unbreakable strength of the spirit of Manchester."
Echoing these sentiments, Ed Woodward, Executive Vice-Chairman of Manchester United said: "The barbarism of Monday evening's attack has shocked everyone. Our clubs are right at the heart of our local communities in Manchester and it is right that we present a unified response to this tragedy.
"The money will help, of course but the work of the two clubs and their respective foundation and community scheme can build on the fantastic spirit that Mancunians have shown in the immediate aftermath."