English soccer is one of the most interesting soccer games on the continent, and the players who play in the Foggy Albion are known for their charitable initiatives.
Here are a few charity initiatives from footballers from the Foggy Albion, after which watching English soccer and betting or playing on the magic win website will be even more interesting.
Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs
These are not just two ex-footballers of Manchester United, they are the real symbols and legends of the Red Devils.
It’s hard to imagine them in another team, both are true Mancunians, Neville was the permanent captain after the departure of Roy Keane, Giggs put on the captain’s armband from time to time.
Both dedicated almost their entire soccer lives to the Reds and wrote themselves forever into the club’s history.
Already after the end of his career, the two captains jointly decided to open a fashionable hotel, which would have a swimming pool, as well as a luxury restaurant.
But paying attention to the cold British winter, Ryan and Gary could not ignore the problem of freezing homeless people.
So they invited people without a place to live to spend the winter in the purchased premises. However, some homeless people expressed their concerns, and some of them were even outraged, saying that there should be a roof over their heads all year round, not just at Christmas.
The ex-footballers assured the homeless that no renovations would take place until almost March, so guests could take it easy and spend this winter in relative warmth rather than on the streets.
The great Cristiano.
Cristiano Ronaldo can be described with many different flattering epithets. He has become a true soccer legend in world soccer, as well as in many countries.
Including, of course, in England, where he unlocked his great potential as an MJ player and also returned to Manchester before starting to “finish” his remaining years in professional soccer. So it’s only fair to mention him as well, especially for what he’s done.
Ronaldo has been active in charity work for a long time, but these two examples particularly characterize him as a personality with a big heart. In 2014, Cristiano received a letter from the parents of a seriously ill child.
The child’s name was Eric Ortiz Cruz, he was only 10 months old and suffered from brain dysplasia (abnormal development).
Eric’s parents asked the famous soccer player to send some signed cleats and a t-shirt by mail. They honestly stated that they planned to sell the valuable artifacts at an auction. And for the funds received to conduct an operation that costs 60 thousand euros.
As soon as Ronaldo read the letter, he instantly sent the couple boots and a T-shirt with his signatures, but in addition, he also sent money for the operation.
In addition, the Portuguese also paid the expenses that were related to the rehabilitation of the child (the costs were about 8 thousand).
And two years before that, Cristiano also took the payment for the operation of a malignant tumour in the brain of the boy Nuazet, who lived in Las Palmas, the boy was nine years old. About the little fan who needed urgent surgery Ronaldo was informed by the player’s agent Jorge Mendes.
Chelsea and Côte D’Ivoire legend the great Didier Drogba.
Drogba will always be the pride of his poor country and he will always remain a legend and one of the most brilliant and talented strikers in Chelsea’s history. Drogba posters and banners can still be seen at Stamford Bridge to this day.
It is not surprising, because in addition to the fact that Drogba scored a lot of beautiful goals and became one of the best scorers of the “Blues” in the history of the club, an accurate blow of the Ivorian in the penalty shootout brought Chelsea’s first victory in the Champions League.
The striker from the ivory country has always been known for his kindness and regular charity initiatives. In 2007, Drogba decided to open his own foundation, which was aimed at material assistance to children in his native Côte D’Ivoire.
Every year the foundation organizes charity gatherings to which Chelsea stars, both past and present, are often invited.
Such stars include the legendary Frank Lampard, Cole, former Londoners goalkeeper Peter Cech, Eden Hazard and others.
In addition to the stars, representatives of the London club administration often appear at charity balls, as well as other famous clubs from London – Arsenal and Tottenham (and the fact that all these teams are irreconcilable rivals is not a hindrance to the common good cause).
The money that is raised Drogba sends out to help people in his country. Among one of such collections was collected a sum of almost half a million pounds, for these funds was established a medical clinic in the city of Abidjan.
Mobile medical units were also purchased for the city. Large sums can be collected through the sale of exclusive lots, for example, there is an opportunity to spend a training session with Didier himself or go to Ibiza, where there will be a joint party with Calvin Harris, a famous DJ and performer from Scotland.
In 2015, Drogba’s contribution to charity was appreciated by Barclays Bank, which is the sponsor of the English Premier League. Didier Drogba received an award called the Spirit of the Game.
