Louis Tomlinson's fundraising selfies bid snubbed by fans

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Last Updated : Jun 29 2014 | 2:30 PM IST

One Direction star Louis Tomlinson's bid to raise 2 million pounds for his Doncaster Rovers football team by selling his selfies has been snubbed by his fans.

The 22-year-old singer had been flogging selfies of himself with fans for 250 pounds and out of 494 slots, only 53 of them have been sold, the Mirror reported.

Louis and John Ryan,a former chairman of the League One club,have so far raised just 624.271 pounds of their target and may need to go past their July 17 deadline to get a positive result.

Other treats on offer at the website range from 5 pounds to 12,000 pounds, and for 10 pounds one can get a thank you message from Tomlinson sent straight to their inbox to share on social media, however just 41 people have taken up the opportunity, while only 24 people have paid 75 pounds for a Tomlinson wristband.

Two people have paid 12,000 pounds for a box and a "ten minute chat" with the boyband member before the game of a possible 19 opportunities.

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First Published: Jun 29 2014 | 2:13 PM IST

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