Arsenal’s Bacary Sagna to donate his 2010 World Cup bonuses to French & Senegalese football clubs – report

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Arsenal right-back Bacary Sagna has declared his intention to donate his €100,000 £80,000 bonus earned from the disastrous 2010 World Cup campaign to football clubs in France and Senegal – his ancestral homeland, according to France Football.

The 28-year-old former Auxerre player has designated two clubs from Yonne (a French department) – Saint-Florentin and Franco-Maghrébins de Sens; and another from Paris – Bernard Diomède Academy, to receive part of the donation.

France flopped at the tournament in South Africa and crashed out in the group stages amid player unrest and public fueds.

The remainder will be offered to two Senegalese clubs to be named later, the French paper said.

A source at the Senegal Football Federation told Goal.com the gesture will encourage other foreign players of African descent to “look back to where they hail from and give a helping hand to those in need.”

Sagna was born in Bourgogne, France to Senegalese parents. He began his international career with the French U21 side in 2004 before making it to the senior team three years later.