Juan Mata charity appeal to Premier League stars goes unanswered despite plea for just one per cent of wages
Mata's Common Goal charity has seen six players from abroad pledge a small portion of their wages
GREEDY Premier League players have failed to sign up for Juan Mata's charity - despite the Manchester United star asking for just ONE per cent of their wages.
The Spaniard set up the Common Goal charity earlier this year, aimed at helping under-privileged kids around the world, calling on players to make a donation.
Mata, 29, has pledged one per cent of his wages - more than £70,000, or £1,400 weekly - to the charity.
But, according to the Daily Mail, ZERO Premier League players have officially signed up.
Former Arsenal player Serge Gnabry became the latest to back Mata's project, joining World Cup winners Mats Hummels and Giorgio Chiellini.
Women's football stars Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe have also officially donated.
Just one Prem player - who is not English and does not play for Man United - has vowed to chip in, but is yet to make a commitment to Common Goal.
That comes despite average yearly salaries for Premier League players standing at £2,450,201.
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Stoke City, who play the lowest money in the top flight, have an average yearly wage of £1.89million.
A player in Jose Mourinho's squad has an average annual wage of £5.77m.
Earlier this week, Hoffenheim star Gnabry committed to the charity.
He said: "One per cent is not a big figure. But it can make a huge difference if we commit to it as a team."
Juventus star Chiellini was reluctant to make his support public.
In a private email to the company he wrote: "Hello, I'm Giorgio Chiellini, player of Juventus.
"I’m interested to support your program (sic) and I would like to give my congratulations to Juan Mata for finding the time and having the idea to support through football people less luck than us.
"I'm not interested in advertising, I want only to support a brilliant project.
"Sorry about my English. I try to make the best as possible. I wait for your answer about complete the registration. Bye, Giorgio."
Plenty of footballers DO give generously to charity - many also run their own charitable foundations.
Earlier this week, Cristiano Ronaldo donated one of his Ballon d'Or trophies to a Make-A-Wish Foundation charity auction.
It raised £530,000 for the charity.