Wonderfuel, you make a good point about why he may be doing this so publicly but what I was really getting at is that most people do give anonymously. This thread seems to suggest that Mata is the only footballer who’s ever given to charity (and should ‘take a bow, son’). That just isn’t the case but most footballers (and, indeed, most celebs) don’t feel the need to announce it to the world when they give money away, whether for altruistic reasons or not.
And it’s hardly the worthiest of causes, is it? How about donating to a hospital? Or getting some food to families who don’t know where their next meal is coming from? Don’t get me wrong, it’s good that he’s giving to any charity and, for all any of us know, he gives away a lot more that we don’t know about, but lets not go overboard about him giving away money he can very easily afford to give away. He could give away 90% of his salary and still live more comfortably than most.
Again, not saying he doesn’t do more that we don’t know about but I’d wager that most people who give to charity, even if it’s not quite 1% of their salaries, feel a much bigger impact on their own finances from doing so than Juan will from his. He’ll still be able to buy himself a new Ferrari when he gets bored with the current one.
The title of the thread was just a bit overboard and the apparent assumption that only those who announce they’re giving money away, actually are, is a false one.