Mata adds More to Common Goal project

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Bournemouth defender Charlie Daniels and Swansea centre half Alfie Mawson have become the first Englishmen to join Juan Mata’s Common Goal initiative. And Arsenal’s three-time Olympic champion Heather O’Reilly is among six female players from five countries to sign up for  the campaign.

O’Reilly, who retired from the international game last year after 231 appearances for the USA, has pledged to give at least one per cent of her salary to football-related good causes.

The 32-year-old midfielder, who also picked up a World Cup winners’ medal in 2015, joined the Women’s Super League (WSL) club in January. Last month, her former USA team-mates Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe became the first female players to commit to the project but Monday’s raft of new signings brings the total number involved, male and female, to 18.

Premier League duo Daniels, 31, and Mawson, 23, have both pledged to donate at least one per cent of their salaries to high-impact football charities around the world after Manchester United playmaker Mata launched the initiative in August.

The Manchester United and Spain midfielder launched the initiative in August to help high-impact football charities across the world.

Giorgio Chiellini, Mats Hummels and Serge Gnabry are among those to have so far pledged to Common Goal, with Daniels and Mawson now joining them – the first English players to do so.

I’ve been speaking to several English players who have shown an interest in Common Goal and it’s brilliant that Charlie and Alfie are the first players to make the pledge,” Mata said.

The Manchester United and Spain midfielder launched the initiative in August to help high-impact football charities across the world.

Cherries star Daniels has signed up…(Image: Getty)

“They are both top Premier League players and their commitment is a great step in the evolution of Common Goal.”

Daniels has helped Bournemouth rise from League One to the Premier League, while Mawson represented England at this year’s European Under-21 Championship after a fine first season at Swansea.

“It was only a few years ago that I was playing non-league and helping out my dad at the weekends with his market stall,” 23-year-old defender Mawson said.

The Women who have signed up for the Common Goal Project.

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