ARSENAL star Mesut Ozil has revealed he’s already paid for 219 children in need to have surgery as part of the BigShoe charity.
The German playmaker, 31, revealed he would pay for 1,000 surgeries for underpriveleged children to celebrate his wedding in the summer.
Ozil has revealed he has already paid for 219 operations for kids in need after vowing to cover the costs of 1,000 in JuneCredit: Instagram @m10_official
Mesut Ozil is changing the lives of kids in need by paying for their surgeriesCredit: Instagram @m10_official
The Arsenal star, who rakes in £350,000 a week, married former Miss Turkey Amine Gulse in June – and has thus far paid for over 200 operations.
Ozil took to Twitter on Christmas Eve to give fans an update on the BigShoe charity.
In a series of tweets, Ozil wrote: “219 operations are already done, but there’s still many more to come going forward!
“As my wife Amine and I announced before our wedding in June 2019, we’re covering the costs of another 1,000 life-changing surgeries for children in need around the world.
“A big thank you goes out to BigShoe for the amazing co-operation over the last couple of years.
“Thank you to every single wedding guest, fan and follower who has donated towards this project.
219 operations are already done, but there’s still many more to come going forward! As my wife Amine and I announced before our wedding in June 2019, we're covering the costs of another 1,000 life-changing surgeries for children in need around the world. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/HSY8rdiogp
— Mesut Özil (@M10) December 24, 2019
“And a special thank you to all the international medical teams that are involved.
“This is just the start! Let’s look forward to 2020, and help hundreds of other children in need all together.”
BigShoe is a network of sports stars and fans that help children around the world with medical operations.
The charity deals with the likes of burns, club feet and clefts – conditions developing countries struggle to deal with due to the lack of doctors, money and medicine.
Ozil has been supporting BigShoe since lifting the World Cup with Germany in Brazil five years ago.
His tireless work with the charity earned him the Laureus Sport for Good award in 2014.
The German star is also an ambassador for Rays of Sunshine – which brightens the lives of seriously ill kids in the UK aged three to 18 years old by granting individual wishes and organising outings and large-scale events.
