Off Topic We love Mata

Chelsea fans will remember mata not just for his talent, but being a bloody nice bloke.

I met him in london once and he was nice enough to take a photo with me.

Anyway heres another reason why he's a nice guy

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/aug/04/juan-mata-transform-football-donate-salary

 

Agreed, nice guy and wish him well. Couldn't have been easy playing for the fussy one again.

 

I've a lot of time for him. Cracking little player too.

 

It's good to see he's taking the Mata seriously.

 

When Jose was at ours it was Bata sleeps with the fishes.

 

Always rated him. Never understood fully why Maureen sold him. Especially to a rival.

 

Jose killed his career. Heard someone say that once no idea of it's true.

 

Because Jose thought he was lazy because he never back tracked enough for him. He's playing how he always does and Jose now favours him???

 

If that was true, He would've sold him last summer.

 

What a great gesture by Juan Mata to donate 1% of his wages to charity, I know it doesn't sound a lot but at least he's making a difference.

On the player himself - For me, He has to go down as one of our best signings since Sir Alex Ferguson retired, He's a big game player, look at the goals he's scored for us, For the fee we got paid for him, I thought it was cheap, Considering how much Mesut Ozil went to Arsenal for a couple of months later.

 

Because he doesn't play the same system here. We've tried explaining this many times to no avail.

Juan is a big game player as you CFC fans will know, they're a rare breed so he's worth his weight in gold. Probably more in today's climate actually, he doesn't look like he weighs a lot!

 

He pays a lot more into other charities but with this one he's trying to get more footballers involved, 1% could add up to a huge amount if a lot more players sign up. I see alot of people moaning on social media saying they should donate half They already do its called income tax

 

Yeah, & what an even more selfless gesture to make sure the whole world knows about it.

Oops, sorry, had a cynicism outburst there. I love it really, when rich famous people make ostentatious displays of their generosity. Let's just hope the tax man is also taking note

 

How would you go about encouraging others to do the same whilst remaining anonymous?

 

No, you're right, I am being a bit mean spirited.

Forgive me though, if I don't get too excited when a billionaire footballer talks about contributing 1% of his obscene salary to some undefined worthy cause or other.

It's not Mata's fault that football is corrupted by greed or that we live in a world where the gulf between rich and poor is wider than it has ever been. Nor is it down to him that he earns more in a year than a nurse in England could earn in a lifetime, so fair play to him for wanting to do something.

A handful of rich people giving to charity is no substitute for getting them all to pay a rair rate of tax though.

 

I'm not particularly interested in the politics of it to be honest pal. I just think to reach out he has limited options other than to promote what he's personally doing.

If they all do it then it'd be great.

 

I believe that most footballers give to charity anyway. Good gesture by him though.

 

Parking the bus doesn't have too many possibilities Tel.

 

I might do the same with my wages.

1% what a tight bastard