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Football's Rich List shows up a surprise or two

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Page last updated: 7th Jan 2009 - 11:56 AM
Written by Neil Monnery

So whose hot and whose not?

Well none of us are exactly warm here in the UK at the moment but quite a few football players will be able to pay their gas bills after the football players rich list was made public.

No shock that David Beckham and Michael Owen led the way but people might be a tad shocked to see that Sol Campbell has such a wealth of millions sitting in his bank account. Also Emile Heskey has £12million kicking about? That shocked me.

Robbie Fowler had a decent career but his investments were amongst the best of all the footballers around. He got into the property market in a big way in the late 90s and has made a tonne of money. He even bought a whole road in Oldham with each property valued at around the £20k mark and today they are valued at over four times that amount.

Also they gave a rich list for owners. No huge surprise that Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan is tops with a fortune in the £15bn bracket and that is why Manchester City can afford pretty much whoever they want in the transfer window.

Lakshmi Mittal of QPR is next up with £12.5bn although most fans of the Loftus Road would say that you wouldn't know it looking at the XI on a Saturday afternoon. Lots of investment needs to be made in that squad but over at Stamford Bridge Roman still has £7bn is assets, I could probably live and run a football club on that budget.

The owner of Cheltenham Town is pretty much a billionaire with a £970m and PNE's owner has £900m. Fans of those clubs will probably be wondering why more money isn't diverted towards the club.

I think it shows that come of the smaller clubs actually have the richest owners and shows that having money doesn't necessarily mean success on the pitch.

Comments - 8


1. GEORGE

22nd Jan 2009 - 11:15 PM

money does not play football u only need real players with the passion to play

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2. kursty snelson

23rd Jan 2009 - 11:58 AM

u just need players 2 play football not money

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3. ahmed

29th Jan 2009 - 08:00 AM

i think qpr should be at the top, BOOHOOO!!!!

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4. Rowan

11th Feb 2009 - 02:42 PM

lol, did anyone else pick up on the fact that they grouped Ashley and his other half together, poor effort cashly cole!

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5. Paul

21st Feb 2009 - 03:13 AM

Anyone who doesent think football doesent need money are fools.

You need quility players to win. I admit a player does need passion.

But if you put say..... Cristiano Ronaldo 1 on 1 with i dunno... a league 2 player are you telling me as long as the league 2 player has passion he is better?

Chelsea proved that money = success in there first few seasons with money, they spent like mad and they won everything and fair play to them.

Sure, they may not be winning now, but that is only because of an aged squad.

And people who think money is ruining football are just bitter that there club cannot have the big players and it just proves that money = success


*sorry for my bad spelling

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6. matty shaw

26th Mar 2009 - 09:49 AM

i love sean gregan's bum hole

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7. Adam Eastwood

26th Mar 2009 - 09:53 AM

My hair looks like a badgers nest HELP MEEEEEEEEEEEE !!!!!

P.S i love jeremy kyle's penis and i also need to wash ma hair hehehehehe

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8. Manchester United

2nd Jul 2009 - 06:39 AM

Excellent information. This sounds exactly like what I've been looking for.

http://www.footballsouvenirstore.com/man-united-c-14.html

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