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Nice touch from Wilf...
Wilfried Zaha donates 10% of salary to charities
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Nice touch from Wilf...
That's a really creepy smile.
He's not actually 26 is he?
Well done, he's not 26 years though as the article says. At 23 He's only a few birthdays away from it. I know so from becoming 26 myself a few years back.
Recently turned 23.
23 last time I checked so hopefully it's a typo and not the first signs of a dodgy passport
Most footballers donate large amounts to charities don't they?
Great thing to do.
Am I the only one who saw the title and went .. "Is that all?"
We're talking about footballers who earn tens of thousands of pounds a week here.
We're talking about footballers who earn tens of thousands of pounds a week here.
Ya.. Reading the amount of work Drogba did back in Ivory coast,made me change my complete opinion off him..
He's not obligated to do anything at all for charity, so I honestly think that it is a grand gesture. 10% out of his salary is quite a bit.
And this is coming from someone who used to think Zaha is basically a knob.
I guess a lot of footballers donate frequently to charity, but it takes a special kind of guy to brag about it in the papers.
So he's still left probably with around 45k/week... Is this really a sacrifice worth of an article?
Still, nice geusture, since most of them probably don't donate anything.
Still, nice geusture, since most of them probably don't donate anything.
10% is 10%. Fair play to him, ill be honest and say its about 9.9% more than I give.
What about yourself?
I don't get it. Counting those cars, the house, his parents house, the 10% to the needy, how much he actually earns? Because it doesn't add up. Playing in a championship side, then doing the bench for us and now for Crystal Palace, he doesn't make what Rooney makes.He is borrowing from the banks or what?
Because i seriously doubt he ever made more than 30-40k a week.
Because i seriously doubt he ever made more than 30-40k a week.
It's still close to half a million euros per year. It probably doesn't affect him that much because he earns so much but it's still a nice gesture from a 23-year old. It's certainly better than spending it on parties, cars and women like many others do.
Well yeah, but I assume you don't make £30,000+ a week, do you?
it's not though, 10% of a PL footballers salary is pittance. He could probably donate 50-60% and still live an extortionate lifestyle!
So the consensus here seems to be that, following a recent goal, this is good-will PR to push an England call up?
Of course he could, but I certainly don't think anyone should expect him or anyone else to do that. It's their money and I wouldn't bat my eyes of they didn't donate a pound. Fair play to him and anyone else donating that kind of money, regardless of their total income in my honest opinion.
So would you donate more if you were a professional athlete earning £50K/week?
I'd feel like a prick if I didn't.
Certainly if I only donated 10% I wouldn't brag to the press about it because I'd feel like a stingy bastard.
it's more so the "oh look at me, I donate 10% of the massive amounts of money I make for playing a sport I love to charity". It's 10%!
30000 a week or 30000 a year, 10% is 10%. In fairness the more you earn the more you 10% is for charities.
Good on him I say, we could all learn a lesson and be that generous.
I bet he gives loads to his family too.
Has anyone seen that documentary of the nba player from some African country?
It's probably the maintenance he's playing to Moyes' daughter to be fair.
That I do agree with, the PR spin is not very classy.
What? Surely you see the difference between someone who earns 30k a year and 30k a week donating 10% of their wages? The impact it has on their personal lives is substantially different.
he's basically using it as a PR tool, but it's 10% of 50k or whatever a week. It's nothing, he can still live a better lifestyle than 99% of us!
Serge Ibaka?
There are millions of truly poverty-stricken people in the world who could say the same about you.
I don't give 10% of my income, every credit to him. I don't complain about paying my taxes though, that really is scummy.
I don't get why in instances like this, some people always say "that's all" as if he's obligated to give. The fact that he's doing so is good enough, it might not be a lot in comparison to how much he earns, but it's not unjustly small either.
Besides in churches a tithe is usually 10% of your earnings, if it's good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for charity(obviously not serious).
Besides in churches a tithe is usually 10% of your earnings, if it's good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for charity(obviously not serious).
He was speaking to the E&H Foundation about charity. Of course he will bring up his part in it. Not his fault the mainstream media have made it newsworthy.
Change the fecking topic then in your favour now we're debating the diffeence in the standard of living of two incomes.
Fair feckin play to him giving to charity, i bet its more than you probably feckin do ye negative norma
I ask this question myself. I think I won't say no to donating to 10% (I'd obviously donate more than I do now), but it wouldn't be a loud 'yes' either. Which is shameful enough. Fair play to him.
Thats the one, good show mate
Err, what? I haven't changed the topic. Literally every exchange you and me have had so far has been around the two incomes.
I give to charity, I don't give enough for what I earn, probably, but I don't go bragging about it to people. Unlike our boy Wilfried. It's 10%, it's nothing to him, at all, seriously, why are people applauding the guy? he's just fishing for PR points.
There are indeed, that's why I wouldn't brag about donating feck all of my wages to charity whilst I still live a far superior lifestyle to all of them.
It's a tough one for me.. If I was making that much money at age 23, I first of all would want to make sure me and my family, maybe even close friends, never have to worry about financial problems anymore, and additionally starting to save up for myself. He's only 23 and the career of a professional athlete can be over on any given traing or game. I don't hold any grudge against any player that wants to make the most (money) out of his career, so for him to consistently donate 10% of his salary is a nice gesture imo, regardless of how much he earns.
I agree he shouldn't brag about it in the press. I doubt he came out with the story himself though, it was probably asked in an interview or something like that.
You don't just earn for having a killer time in the present though. If I ever earned that much I'd naturally want to make sure my immediate family and future generations can be as sorted as possible. That comes first for everyone. Plus, life is full of uncertainties and you never know when misfortune comes your way in various forms. And he's just begun. He's hardly been some top football earner for 5-7 years.
You can count criticising someone that does as a contribution, of sorts.
I don't want to argue whether it's enough or whatever, for me it's moreso the "hey, press, look at me, I give 10% to charity, aren't I great". He's basically said it as a PR stunt, as shown by the reaction here. In reality 10% is nothing to a PL footballer and bragging about it to the press feels really wrong to me. As I said, it doesn't stop him still living a far better life than the majority of earthlings. If he was donating 50-60%, then maybe I'd see some justification for him saying it.
That makes absolutely no sense. Are you high?
Fair play to him. Plenty of footballers (and people) give nothing.
You can add it to your list of things you don't understand. Right after percentages.