Seems like a great cause and well done to Mata for starting this. It would be good if digital media users highlighted this cause to the players they follow. When Juan Mata launched his Common Goal initiative, he said he hoped to "change the world, even if only in some small way". The Manchester United midfielder pledged to donate 1% of his salary to charity, and called for others in football to do the same. "I am leading this effort, but I don't want to be alone," said the Spaniard. Two years on, more than 130 people have joined the cause. Last month, two of those - Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp and World Cup winner Megan Rapinoe - gave impassioned speeches at the Fifa Best Awards about the importance of football showing more social responsibility. Klopp, the world's best coach, said "now is the time for those interested to step forward". USA winger Rapinoe, women's player of the year, went further. She told an audience that included Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Virgil van Dijk to "lend your platform to lift people up, to use this beautiful game to change the world for the better". Speaking to BBC Sport this week, Mata approved. "We can use the platform that we have to really be honest with ourselves, to really share our values or to really say what we think, or what football should be aiming for, and Megan is obviously an example of speaking from the heart," he said. "I think the power of sport and of football in particular is huge and we should all realise that."
Great cause and well done Mata. Wasn't keen on Klopp making his speech about it, seemed a bit cringy to me. I guess he wanted to spread the message so fair play. I just thought doing it on the quiet is a better option, the journalists will spread the message. People might even make threads about it to spread the message. I would join myself but I'm not sure how 87p per month would help.
They should all give, ffs! 1% of £10 mill is 100k. **** all to one of them, 2nd car money, but a fortune to help those in need.
I agree in principle but if they have different charities etc. then that's understandable. At work last Christmas part of the secret Santa was to buy something from a particular charity. I was a bit pissed off as it felt like whatever I donated was chosen for me, as in it wasn't particularly a charity I would normally donate to. I had my own charity stuff going on so thought it was a bit a weak tactic from whoever set the thing up.
I’m not up on UK tax laws, but I would think so long as it’s a registered charity there should be some tax relief. As if those greedy ****ers need it...!
I’m sure plenty do their own thing. Freedom of choice and that. I’d rather they were taxed properly in line with their income.
Taxing more doesn’t work fo me. Why give it to this current crew of incompetents to piss up the wall. Or their successors? At least if it goes to a charity there’s a chance it’ll get to where it’s needed.
I mean at least being taxed here at whatever the tax rate is meant to be rather than having it horded off-shore.
Well, the EU is just about to shut down many of the offshore tax dodges, which the UK won’t if Brexit goes through and this gvt stays in power. So nothing much will change there. Of course nothing to do with why the wealthy public schoolboys of the ERG are so keen to leave the EU, you understand.
There should be none. They’re on PAYE so this will be a post tax deduction and they’ll no doubt gift aid it so the charity also gets the basic rate tax back.
My second thought after the charity aspect, was tax dodge... I believe Ronaldo is well knowledged on tax dodging.
