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Juan Mata's Common Goal: Charlie Daniels and Alfie Mawson pledge to charity
BOURNEMOUTH'S Charlie Daniels and Swansea’s Alfie Mawson have become the first English players to pledge at least one per cent of their wages to Juan Mata’s Common Goal project.
Juan Mata’s Common Goal project has already seen high profile players pledge part of their wages
Manchester United and Spain midfielder Mata launched the initiative in August to help football-based charities across the world.
Giorgio Chiellini, Mats Hummels and Serge Gnabry are among those to have so far pledged to Common Goal, with Daniels and Mawson now joining them.
“I’ve been speaking to several English players who have shown an interest in Common Goal and it’s brilliant that Charlie and Alfie are the first players to make the pledge,” Mata said.
Bournemouth’s Charlie Daniels joins Alfie Mawson in pledging
Alfie Mawson and Daniels join the likes of Giorgio Chiellini, Mats Hummels and Serge Gnabry
I’ve been speaking to several English players who have shown an interest in Common Goal and it’s brilliant that Charlie and Alfie are the first players to make the pledge
Mawson, who represented England at this year’s European Under-21 Championship after a fine first season at Swansea, said: “It was only a few years ago that I was playing non-league and helping out my dad at the weekends with his market stall.
“I don’t want to cause any fuss or anything, but joining Common Goal allows me to focus on my career while forming part of something that can really help transform lives of those less fortunate. It’s a good thing for football.”
Daniels, the 31-year-old Bournemouth defender, added: “Football is such an important part of my life, as it is for so many people in this country. It just seems right that our national sport gives something back to society.”