DAVID BECKHAM SALARY: £168.5m over five years WEALTH: £125m CARS: Has owned around 40 cars, the latest include a Cadillac Escalade, Porsche 911 Cabriolet, Rolls-Royce Drophead Coupe, Range Rover Sport and a Jeep Wrangler PROPERTIES: Beckingham Palace in Sawbridgeworth, Herts, bought for £2.5m in 1999. A waterfront villa on Palm Jumeirah, Dubai, bought for £800,000 in 2002 and now worth £8m. Moved into £15m property in Beverly Hills when he signed for LA Galaxy WAG: Married to Victoria 'Posh Spice' Beckham JERMAIN DEFOE SALARY: £60k-a-week WEALTH: £6.5m CARS: Currently banned from driving but has owned a Range Rover Sport, Aston Martin V8 Vantage and Aston Martin DB9 PROPERTIES: Lives alone in £3m house built to his instructions in Hertfordshire WAG: Single - but has had a string of relationships with serial WAGs Danielle Lloyd, Imogen Thomas, Chantelle Houghton and Charlotte Mears THEO WALCOTT SALARY: £60k-a-week WEALTH: £5m CARS: Owns a silver Aston Martin and two Audis. Started his Arsenal career driving a VW Golf. Bought girlfriend Mel a £140k Ferrari California for her 21st birthday, but she turned it down as she was happy with £20k VW Beetle PROPERTIES: Lives with his parents in a £3m five-bedroom mansion in Hemel Hempstead WAG: Melanie Slade, currently studying at university in London WAYNE ROONEY SALARY: £100k-a-week WEALTH: £37m CARS: Has driven NINETEEN cars in past six years, including Aston Martin Vanquish, BMW M3, Mini GP, Ford Ka, Mercedes CLK, Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder, a Cadillac Escalade and a Porsche 911 PROPERTIES: Work on a £5m villa in Barbados is almost complete, while the Rooneys live in a £4.5m mansion in Cheshire. They have a £320k Florida flat WAG: Childhood sweetheart Coleen RIO FERDINAND SALARY: £110k-a-week WEALTH: £28m CARS: Has owned two Aston Martin Vanquish cars, a Bentley Continental GT, a Bentley Arnage and a Ford F150 pick-up truck. Drives a Porsche Cayenne PROPERTIES: Mock Tudor mansion in Cheshire. Has a big property portfolio, including seven Moroccan homes and a home in Barbados. Owns a London penthouse WAG: Wed to Rebecca Ellison ASHLEY COLE SALARY: £100k-a-week WEALTH: £13m CARS: Latest includes a James Bond-approved black Aston Martin DBS V12 PROPERTIES: State-of-the-art £5m mansion in Cobham, Surrey, and a shared villa in Morocco. Both are currently under threat in Chelsea star Cole's possible divorce proceedings WAG: Currently X Factor sweetheart and Girls Aloud singer Cheryl, although following Cole's string of alleged affairs the pair are separated and Cheryl is looking at a divorce FRANK LAMPARD SALARY: £140k-a-week WEALTH: £20m CARS: Owns an Audi Q7, Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, Mercedes G Wagon and an Aston Martin DB9 PROPERTIES: Has put his £8.5m London townhouse on the market WAG: Has split from his fiancee Elen Rives - but the Chelsea midfield ace has been seen out with The One Show host Christine Bleakley JOE COLE SALARY: £80k-a-week WEALTH: £11m CARS: Has owned a black Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, Range Rover Vogue and a Mercedes S320 CDI PROPERTIES: Owns a Chelsea townhouse after down-sizing from Surrey mansion because wife Carly Zucker was unhappy there. Also owns property abroad, including house in Dubai WAG: Carly Zucker - a fitness trainer and model. Got wed in June last year STEVEN GERRARD SALARY: £120k-a-week WEALTH: £20m CARS: Range Rover with £30k Overfinch customised kit, including modified bumpers. Has £100k Bentley GT PROPERTIES: £3m mansion in Formby, Liverpool WAG: Alex Curran, a model and fashion columnist JOHN TERRY SALARY: £150k-a-week WEALTH: £18m CARS: Vast collection includes Aston Martin DBS V12 and Range Rover Sport, BMW X5 and Porsche 911 Turbo. PROPERTIES: A £2.5m mansion in Oxshott, Surrey WAG: Toni Poole, his child-hood sweetheart PETER CROUCH SALARY: £70k-a-week WEALTH: £5m CARS: Range Rover Sport, Bentley Continental PROPERTIES: A mansion in Hertfordshire heads his property portfolio WAG: Engaged to Abbey Clancy, a model Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/2875595/England-stars-and-their-cars.html#ixzz3SAmpZ62z
Fotballers? Interesting so many of them like Aston Martins. Do you think that's a patriotic thing for an England footballer? All the best, Andrew.
DAVID BECKHAM A waterfront villa on Palm Jumeirah, Dubai, bought for £800,000 in 2002 and now worth £8m Funniest thing i have read in a long time. What a load of crap. Lampard also doesn't own an Aston or a 612
I would think so. Is it? I would have thought that Aston Martin is the "footballer's choice" diminishes their brand value. Having a "footballer's car" is seen as quite derogatory, since these guys are stereotypically young, lack taste, are wholly devoid of even the smallest modicum of sophistication, and have more money than they know what to do with.
Those of you based in the Manchester/ Cheshire areas may be familiar with these cars. THIS is why you don't want to be brand associated with footballers!! : Stephen Ireland http://www.boxofficefootball.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/irelands-car-stephen.jpg El Hadj Diouf http://www.autotrader.co.uk/EDITORIAL/editorial_images/non_imported/diouf_main.jpg (PS i couldnt be bothered uploading pics, but the links are worth it if youve not seen them before...which you probably have) Ive seen the SLR in person and it really is as bad as it looks.
I thought the same thing, actually made me laugh out loud. I guess the simple rules of supply and demand don't matter if you're David Beckham. He wasn't the only footballer to buy on the Palm either apparently. I always thought the typical EPL players car was the Bentley Continental GT. Almost as synonymous with them as the mock-tudor mansion and the bimbo girlfriend.
Basically except for the two 612's it's all cars that footballers are associated with, which pains me to say that because AM is in that list. And I saw a DBS this morning.
Stephen Ireland's cars are a disgrace although he has good choice in wheels as i had the same wheels on my 3 series as he has on the R8 lol
Karate kid (Christiano Ronaldo) Has a Koenigsegg on order Zlatan Ibrahimovich has an Enzo and an F430 (rumour has it he orderd a ONE-77) Freddie Ljungberg has a Superamerica, or so I heard. I have seen him in a black 360 Spider. He is building a large mansion in summer resort Tylosand in Sweden (not far from Gessle of pop group Roxette who also is a Ferrari friend with some nice cars like a Barchetta and a 599GTB)
I think nearly every footballer in the Prem league has bought a Range Rover of some description at least once. For me, that's the definitive footballers car, although the WAGS are often driving it. Lampard has had two DB9's and two 599's (although one was HR Owen's demonstrator they lent him till his turned up). He now has a range rover and a 16M A mate of mine (recently retired footballer) bought in Dubai and it's been a nightmare and wants out - but can't get out as no one wants his 'waterfront villa' .
Lol at Wayne Rooney with the Ford KA! Robbie Savage is fairly local to where I live and he has/had a white LP640! Awesome car!
Get around in a good way of course I live in Nottingham at the moment, but will be moving out to South Korea in the summer all being well. Fancy a change from the UK!
South Korea - bloody hell what you doing there. Might need you to go to one of my suppliers every now and then !!! Change from the UK is exactly what i want, but i find myself moving back to London in a few weeks. Hopefully for 2 years max and i'm off to somewhere better !
I'll be teaching English all being well. The general plan is to work in South Korea then maybe Japan or HK and eventually head to China. Plenty of travel in between of course! I just don't see myself working in the UK for the rest of my life. At least not for a few years!
