Didier Drogba- great player - even better person

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1227047/EXCLUSIVE-Chelsea-striker-Didier-Drogba-pledges-3m-build-hospital-Ivory-Coast-homeland.html

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a true legend

:clap:One of the best forwards in the world and currently in the form of his life, what a living legend he is alright

Poor source, but read a bit about that before, think Paul Doyle of the Guardian had something on it. Fair fucks is all I can say.

Great jersey this

yeah- unstoppable at times
other players that donate - tommasi is a legend- when he was injured at roma & was injured he took the average wage

Foreign players have been setting up foundations for some years. Juan Sebastian Veron funds a school in La Plata, his home city in Argentina; Ulysses de la Cruz, Reading’s Ecuadorian defender, has financed infrastructure development in his home village; Pavel Nedved provides money for football schools in the Prague area and donated his match fees when appearing for the Czech Republic to charity; Brazilians Rai, Leonardo and Cafu helped develop the Milan Fundacao the latter two played for Milan which helps youngsters in the Sao Paulo favelas. The man who has gone furthest is Damiano Tommasi, Levante’s former Italy midfielder, who, besides making a significant financial donation, spent an off-season helping to build low-cost housing for immigrants in Italy.

Craig Bellamy also does great work

http://craigbellamyfoundation.org/

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[quote=“north county corncrake”]yeah- unstoppable at times
other players that donate - tommasi is a legend- when he was injured at roma & was injured he took the average wage
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huh?..Rolo Tommasi was nothing more than a bent cop…

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The man who gets away with it

[quote=“north county corncrake”]yeah- unstoppable at times
other players that donate - tommasi is a legend- when he was injured at roma & was injured he took the average wage

Foreign players have been setting up foundations for some years. Juan Sebastian Veron funds a school in La Plata, his home city in Argentina; Ulysses de la Cruz, Reading’s Ecuadorian defender, has financed infrastructure development in his home village; Pavel Nedved provides money for football schools in the Prague area and donated his match fees when appearing for the Czech Republic to charity; Brazilians Rai, Leonardo and Cafu helped develop the Milan Fundacao – the latter two played for Milan – which helps youngsters in the Sao Paulo favelas. The man who has gone furthest is Damiano Tommasi, Levante’s former Italy midfielder, who, besides making a significant financial donation, spent an off-season helping to build low-cost housing for immigrants in Italy.[/quote]

When Redondo was injured at Milan he refused to get paid at all.

Then you have the likes of Jermaine Pennant turning down a move to Real Madrid because he wasnt offered crazy wages.

[quote=“farmerinthecity”]When Redondo was injured at Milan he refused to get paid at all.
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:clap: Good shout, there’s a name I haven’t heard in years. Talk to Real Madrid fans and they will tell you they have still not replaced him properly.