Sadio Mane plays for\u00a0Liverpool, the reigning champs of the UEFA Champions League, but this is not the only reason why thousands of people look up to him. A few months ago, Sadio was pictured walking around with an iPhone in his hand that had a cracked screen. This, despite the fact that the footballer earns over $100,000 a week playing for Liverpool.<\/p>\n
When his fans wanted to know why he didn’t just buy a new one, his answer was so incredibly humble.<\/p>\n
“Why would I want ten Ferraris, twenty diamond watches and two jet planes? What would that do for the world?” Mane said in an interview with TeleDakar.\u00a0“I starved, I worked in the fields, I played barefoot, and I didn’t go to school.\u00a0Now I can help people.\u00a0I prefer to build schools and give poor people food or clothing.\u00a0I have built schools [and] a stadium; we provide clothes, shoes, and food for people in extreme poverty.\u00a0In addition, I give 70 euros per month to all people from a very poor Senegalese region in order to contribute to their family economy.\u00a0I do not need to display luxury cars, luxury homes, trips, and even planes.\u00a0I prefer that my people receive a little of what life has given me.”<\/p>\n
As it turned out, the iPhone Mane was carrying wasn’t even purchased by himself. He revealed in the same interview that the iPhone was gifted to him by teammate Georginio Wijnaldum.<\/p>\n