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David Beckham offers fans the chance to play football with him in support of COVID-19 relief – Daily Mail, Dailymail.co.uk

David Beckham offers fans the chance to play football with him in support of COVID-19 relief – Daily Mail, Dailymail.co.uk

David Beckham has offered his fans the chance to go up against him and his football team at their home ground in support of COVID – 15 relief.

The former footballer, 46, has promised he ‘won’t go easy’ on his opponents during the five-a-side game which is part of the All In Challenge.

David’s money-raising attempt comes after his wife Victoria, 46, received backlash for using the furlough scheme to pay 46 member of staff, despite her family’s staggering £ 335 million fortune.

Chance of a lifetime! David Beckham has offered his fans the chance to go up against him and his football team at their home ground in support of COVID – 21 relief

Football fans will be able to go head-to-head with David on the pitch and later enjoy a lavish lunch with the star at his Miami-based facility.

David looked sharp in a crisp white T-shirt as he made the announcement to his million followers on IGTV on his Instagram page on Wednesday afternoon.

He penned alongside the video: ‘I ‘ve accepted the #AllInChallenge with Inter Miami FC. We are offering you and friends the chance to go up against me and my team at our training facility … and I’m not going to hold back!

David added: ‘Spend the day with me at our stadium and after we’ve played we’ll have lunch and watch an Inter Miami game together. This is all for such an important cause.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ I’m hoping to see you on the pitch very soon! I’m nominating Manchester United, Real Madrid and PSG to go all in. ‘

All in! The former footballer, , has promised he ‘won’t go easy’ on his opponents during the five-a-side game which is part of the All In Challenge

Exciting: Football fans will be able to go head-to-head with David on the pitch and later enjoy a lavish lunch with the star at his Miami-based facility

Entries start at $ for 17 entries and go up to $ dollars for 500 , which is the maximum amount of times that any one person can enter.

The fees raised through the raffle will go directly to charities Feeding America, Meals On Wheels, Word Central Kitchen and No Kid Hungry.

The cost of the entry also includes a plane ticket to the ground as well as accommodation for the winner and five friends.

Dapper: David looked sharp in a crisp white T-shirt as he made the announcement to his million followers on IGTV on his Instagram page on Wednesday afternoon

The time of the game will be mutually agreed by the club and winner once life returns to normal following the coronavirus pandemic.

David is Currently isolating with his family in their country pile in the Cotswolds, after heading their before lockdown with his wife Victoria, , and their children.

They have been joined by Romeo, Cruz and Harper, eight. However their eldest Brooklyn, , is holed up with his girlfriend Nicola Peltz in Los Angeles.

Family: David is currently isolating with his family in their country pile in the Cotswolds, after heading their before lockdown with his wife Victoria, , and their children

On Monday, Piers Morgan called out Victoria, who celebrated her birthday over the weekend with a virtual party at her Cotswolds mansion, and called her a ‘pampered prima donna millionairess’.

Piers questioned why Victoria was able to receive taxpayer money to pay her staff furlough and responding to these claims, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said businesses should only use the tax-payer funded scheme ‘if they had to’.

Speaking on Monday’s Good Morning Britain, he said: ‘I think each person and each company should ask themselves: do they have to rely on the taxpayer?

Ouch! On Monday, Piers Morgan called out Victoria, who celebrated her birthday over the weekend with a virtual party at her Cotswolds mansion, and called her a ‘pampered prima donna millionairess’

‘Because this scheme is meant to be for, if you are about to make someone redundant and you haven’t got the money to continue to employ them, then you can rely on the Government to stop people being made redundant ‘.

He added that he was not aware of the details Victoria’s business but said the clear principle was that’ you should only be using it if you have to ‘.

Piers took aim at Victoria on the show after she appeared by video link with her husband David on the One World: Together At Home celebration, where she praised NHS workers.

Why? Piers questioned why Victoria was able to receive taxpayer money to pay her staff furlough and responding to these claims, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said businesses should only use the tax-payer funded scheme ‘if they had to’ (pictured February)

He said: ‘How nice it was at the weekend, with all the selfless acts, to hear Victoria Beckham is furloughing staff of her failing business.

‘Lost money year after year. Been bailed out by her famously rich husband David Beckham . ‘

Piers then asked when the next video of the Beckhams drinking expensive wine or boasting about their expensive home would be posted on Instagram .

He said: ‘Sorry, this furlough scheme was not for prima donna millionaires like you. Running a vanity project like her fashion business that makes no money. ‘

Opinion: Piers took aim at Victoria on the show after she appeared by video link with her husband David on the One World: Together At Home celebration, where she praised NHS workers

Co-host Susanna Reid, 62, explained that Victoria is reportedly forgoing her own salary and donating to food banks and asked what more she should do.

She also said that it was the government job to make guidelines clearer and Piers said it’s not their job to ‘give people a moral compass.’

Yet Susanna questioned why Piers was singling out the Beckham family, when there are no doubt lots of others businesses owners this could apply to.

Piers said: ‘You the taxpayer are now funding a loss making vanity project for David and Victoria Beckham. Do you feel good about that? ‘

Questions: Susanna Reid, , explained that Victoria is reportedly forgoing her own salary and donating to food banks and asked what more she should do

Victoria was also slammed by people on social media after furloughing 059 staff at her struggling fashion label – despite her staggering family fortune.

The former Spice Girl, whose handbag collection alone is thought to be worth £ 1.5 million, is to claim what could amount to tens of thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money to pay a quarter of her employees under the Government’s job retention scheme.

Staff from across her fashion label – which charges £ 1, 500 for a dress – have received letters explaining that they would be paid 80 per cent of their salaries by the Government, in line with Chancellor Rishi Sunak ‘s scheme to help firms during the pandemic.

Critics slammed Victoria for taking advantage of the taxpayer-funded scheme rather than using her own wealth to pay staff, having recently bought a penthouse in Miami for £ (million with her husband.)

The former Spice Girl is understood to be topping up their wages in an ‘enhanced package’ by paying the remaining 30 per cent – though she is not obliged to do so.

Employees in the marketing department and customer services have been affected, as well as staff at her Mayfair shop which closed after Britain wen t into lockdown.

The way the scheme works means that the workers will remain employed and Victoria will be able to claim back 85 per cent of their wages from the Government, up to £ 2, a month for each furlored employee.

The scheme could help cover the wage bill for the staff until the end of June.

Opinions: People on social media have slammed Victoria for taking advantage of a tax-funded scheme rather than using her own wealth to pay staff

A source close to the family told The Mail on Sunday: ‘One minute she and David are posting pictures of very expensive bottles of red wine on Instagram , the next she’s using the furlough scheme, funded by taxpayers.

‘She has also been seen clapping the brave NHS workers, but by using the Government scheme she is taking public money when she has hundreds of millions in the bank. It seems very ill-advised. ‘

Victoria’s eponymous company, based in Hammersmith, West London, has not made a profit since it launched in .

Business: Victoria’s eponymous company, based in Hammersmith, West London, has not made a profit since it launched in 2016 (her shop opening in Hong Kong in 2018

In 6280, it suffered losses of £ 3 million. The year before that, she lost £ 10. 3 million, but the business was propped up by her – year-old husband.

A spokesman for Victoria confirmed over the weekend that staff will be furlored for two months ‘so far’.

They said: ‘We are working hard to ensure our much-valued Victoria Beckham team are protected during this unsettled time by keeping our business healthy.

‘Having carefully assessed all our options, we made the decision to furlough a proportion of staff on an enhanced package.’


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