Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has said some of his team-mates refused to give up a day's wage to support NHS nurses back in 2007.
Thirteen years ago all Premier League players were asked to donate a day's earnings to NHS nurses and the former defender has explained some did not want to make a donation.
Speaking on Sky Sports' The Debate with Geoff Shreeves and Gary Neville, Carragher explained: "Gary was involved in this as well, it's certainly not on the scale of what we are talking about right now.
"It was about ten or fifteen years ago there was something from the NHS about nurses not getting enough pay and Premier League footballers donating a day’s wages to NHS nurses.
Follow the latest Liverpool news and transfers HERE
"Me and Steven Gerrard go into the dressing room with 20-odd players in there and some players refused to pay.
"There were four or five in our dressing room - I’m sure it was the same in dressing rooms up and down the country - a lot of them were foreign players they couldn’t understand what they were paying for.
"[They were asking] 'Why nurses? Why not something else?' I’ve got my own charities'."
This follows Health Secretary Matt Hancock's controversial comments last week as he called on top flight stars to "play their part".
Carragher continued: "It’s a lot bigger now and that’s why I said at the very start you won’t get every Premier League club [agreeing]… everyone’s situation is different, everyone has a different owner.
"It was different of course with a lot less money than we’re talking about now and we couldn't all agree in that dressing room but the majority of us got it across the line and that’s the way I think it has to go.
"This is as I said, there are bigger funds involved and there are far bigger wages involved now, they are asking for 25 to 30 per cent of wages not a day's wage but it has to go back to the clubs and that was my point at the very start."
Last week it emerged Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson had been contacting other Premier League skippers in order to set up a vital fund to help support the NHS financially during this time of crisis.
