WILFRIED ZAHA is the latest star to pledge his support to NHS staff — by offering rent-free accommodation at 50 properties.
The Crystal Palace winger co-owns ZO Properties, which usually provides flats to business travellers.
But the company will open its doors to health staff who cannot get home after shifts during the pandemic and need to be near a hospital.
Zaha, 27, told his business partner Obi Williams: “If you do good, good will come to you.”
It follows Wednesday’s announcement that Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich and ex-Manchester United stars Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs were opening their hotels to health staff as coronavirus takes hold.
Fellow big-hearted Premier League ace Kasper Schmeichel has made a whopping £20,000 donation to the charity Age UK to help the elderly.
The Leicester keeper said: “Let’s do all we can to protect our elderly.”
National League outfit Stockport donated £75,000 to Stockport NHS Foundation Trust to help the health service’s battle in their area.
League One Ipswich offered the NHS free use of Portman Road in a bid to help combat Covid-19.
And Everton committed £50,000 to launch a new ‘Blue Family’ outreach programme to help “the most vulnerable, socially isolated and at-risk people” during the outbreak.
NHS staff interested in Zaha’s initiative should email Obi Williams at [email protected]
