Not all footballers are greedy and selfish...

[cobain]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6302665.stm


Good fella...

I wish there were more footballers like him!

[desertscouser]

What a legend

[scully]

Brilliant stories. It's always annoyed me that so little of the vast revenues generated by football go into team's localities, so it's really refreshing to read of footballers acting morally on both a local and global level. Can't stand him otherwise, but doesn't Frank Lampard also help sick children? Tomasino's also a big philanthropist.

[JRG]

I read that Linvoy Primus does a lot too, can't remember where.

Good to read stories like this, sort of gives you a bit of hope

[AFII]

Anyone remember De Rossi from Roma? He told the club that he didn't deserve high wages as he was a simple working man. The club agreed to this and then gave the rest of his wages to charity. It was something along those lines anyway.
(he played against us in 2001 and was sent off in the game at Anfield).

It was Tommasi, not De Rossi.

[Maestro]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6302665.stm


Good fella...

Great to see that.

[Dhav]

Anyone remember De Rossi from Roma? He told the club that he didn't deserve high wages as he was a simple working man. The club agreed to this and then gave the rest of his wages to charity. It was something along those lines anyway.
(he played against us in 2001 and was sent off in the game at Anfield).

All nice stories, but this one is

[Howard_lfc]

It was Tommasi, not De Rossi.

That's the fella! Cheers AFII.

[anfieldpurch]

Kuyt has his own foundation set up for aids oprphans and donates some of his weekly paycheck into his foundation.

Here is the foundation link

http://www.dirkkuytfoundation.nl/index2.php

(its in dutch)