Atletico Madrid striker Luis Suarez purchased and donated 1,000 Massive Macs for kids in his native Uruguay as a part of a charity occasion.
The 33-year-old spent €Four.75 ($ 5.63) on every of the burgers – which he donated to kids in a youth league in Pando, a small metropolis north west of Uruguayan capital Montevideo – elevating a complete of €Four,750 ($ 5631) for the Ronald McDonald Home Affiliation and the Liceo Impulso college.
McDonald’s Uruguayan Twitter account thanked him for his donation to the annual occasion, which matched the donation made by Argentinian striker Carlos Tevez final yr.
“Luis Suarez proved that the Massive Day has no frontiers. He purchased 1,000 Massive Macs from Spain by way of McDelivery to assist the Home Ronald, Liceo Impulso and donate to Pando’s BabyLeague.
“Thanks, Luis, for placing the jersey on the Massive Day! Anybody can take part wherever you might be.”
The identical Twitter account as soon as trolled the striker after he was despatched off for biting Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini on the 2014 FIFA World Cup, but it surely appears the hatchet has evidently been buried.
TRANSLATION: Hello, Luis Suarez, if you’re nonetheless hungry, come take a chunk out of a Massive Mac. #RealTimeMarketing pic.twitter.com/YzllFYaDfM
— FOX Sports activities (@FOXSports) June 24, 2014
Regardless of being in Spain, Suarez was in a position to buy the burgers for the kids of Pando utilizing the McDelivery service.
The Ronald McDonald Home Affiliation gives assist for pregnant girls and households of sick kids, and is alleged to assist greater than 7,000 every year.
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In addition to biting Chiellini – for which he obtained a four-month ban from the game – Suarez additionally obtained prolonged suspensions for biting Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic throughout his time at Liverpool and PSV Eindhoven’s Otman Bakkal while at Ajax.
Suarez joined Atletico Madrid in the summertime in a free switch, although his former membership Barcelona could obtain as much as €6 million in performance-related add-ons.
He has performed 5 video games for his new aspect, scoring three objectives.
On Tuesday, he and Los Rojiblancos had been crushed Four-Zero by Bayern Munich within the UEFA Champions League.
The striker’s remaining sport for Barca – the place he scored 198 objectives in 283 appearances – additionally got here in opposition to Bayern. Suarez discovered the web in that match, a single-leg Champions League quarterfinal in August, however the German giants demolished his aspect Eight-2.
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