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What is Common Goal? Juan Mata's new charitable initiative explained

The Manchester United star is leading a drive to donate a percentage of footballers' earnings to good causes around the world

Global football is more awash with money than ever.

And Manchester United star Juan Mata is leading a drive to give back to the communities that raised today's stars by redistributing a small percentage of those resources to charitable causes around the world.

The initiative has been dubbed Common Goal, and Goal has all the information you need to know about how it works.

WHAT IS COMMON GOAL?

Mats Hummels Bayern Munich

Common Goal is a charitable movement run by streetfootballworld that was launched with the support of Mata.