Arsenal to give wages to charity

Fabregas urged fans to "give what they can" to the charity campaign

Arsenal's footballers and directors are to donate a day's wages to the club's chosen charity for this season, the Teenage Cancer Trust.

There will also be several fundraising activities at this Sunday's Premier League home game against Liverpool.

The proceeds will be spent on an education zone in a treatment unit at University College Hospital in London.

It will have computers, giving patients access to information and letting them contact their schools and friends.

The club's captain, Cesc Fabregas said he had visited young people being treated by the trust in August.

He added this had helped him to grasp the importance of generating cash for the unit, which is due to open in 2012.

"I encourage all supporters to follow our lead and give what they can," he said.

'Worthwhile cause'

He and his team-mates have also recorded a humorous commercial, called Do What I Say, where they are ordered around by teenagers with cancer.

"This advert is a bit of fun for the players and we hope supporters enjoy it, but there is a very real message in it about helping teenagers," Fabregas added.

"We hope to raise lots of money for this worthwhile cause."

Arsenal's season-long charity campaign uses the slogan, Be a Gooner, be a giver.

Six teenagers are diagnosed with cancer in the UK each day, or about 2,000 per year, the trust said.