Manchester United's Juan Mata is to donate one per cent of his earnings to charity and has challenged footballers to make a collective stand to use the game's billions for a greater good.
As the sporting world takes in the staggering cost of Neymar's £198million transfer from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain, with a further £40.3million a year in wages, Mata will launch a new initiative on Friday called 'Common Goal' aimed at helping underprivileged young people around the world.
'Big signings are done every summer, and it seems to keep on growing,' said the 29-year-old, who earns an estimated £140,000 a week at Old Trafford.