British Football Owner and Player Rich Lists 2008
By: Daryl | January 7th, 2009
Unless you’ve been living under a rock in the middle of nowhere for a very long time (and without internet access) then the names at the top of Four Four Two’s annual rich lists won’t surprise you too much.
There are two lists, one for owners of British clubs and one for British footballers. The obvious winners are the Man City owners (so rich they’ll pay 12m for Wayne Bridge and not even worry about it) and Mr David “half a mil per interview please” Beckham. But did you know Cheryl Cole is one of Britain’s richest footballers?
Lists after the jump.
These top 20s are borrowed from The Guardian, but for the full top 100s you’ll have to go buy the magazine.
First the owners:
And now the players:
Here’s what I take from these lists.
First, it’s proof that money is just money and doesn’t guarantee any on field success. Man City spent big in the summer and are currently looking over their shoulder at relegation. And look how many of those owners are mega-wealthty, but smart enough not to dump their cash into football teams. Did you know Cheltenham Town had a nearly billionaire owner? I didn’t.
Second, it underlines the gap in wealth between owners and players. The clearest example: owners wealth is measured in billiions, players in mere (!) millions. Rich beyond his wildest dreams as Beckham may be, his fortune is probably laughable to the likes of Sheikh Mansour. Not that I’m sympathizing with Beckham and co. too much – I’m still out of my tiny mind with envy – but it’s worth remembering that on the grand scale of the megarich footballers are small fry.
Third, why is it “Ashley and Cheryl Cole” when no one else has their wife listed? Is she a footballer? Or she does she just have the world’s most awesome pre-nup?
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It’s Ashley and Cheryl Cole because she’s the one with the set of bollocks.
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Cashley Cole that is…
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Daryl, until you mentioned about the case of Cheryl Cole being on the list, I actually never noticed it at first glance. Interesting indeed.
Not sure if you read about who is outside the top 10 when it comes to richest men in British football…England manager Fabio Capello is also on that list. And for the first time as well. According to the report from Reuters – ‘The Italian is worth 25 million pounds and is joint 73rd on the list, with a six million pounds a year contract and a 10 million pounds private art collection.’
http://football.uk.reuters.com/uk/news/A731B2B8-DCA0-11DD-82C3-4BFBE7664ACD.php
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no wonder players like EPL, so much money
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Hey… I’m pretty sure I’m not the only person who’s gonna ask this…. but how the hell is Robbie Fowler worth 28 million pounds last year????
I suck, and even I’m better than he was last year… how is that possible? he must have one hell of an agent/publicist…
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or maybe he saves his money?
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I don’t know the details, but I think Robbie Fowler invested his money in property. Lots and lots of property. So that’s likely why he’s so high on the list.
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There’s an interesting article discussing Fowler’s property portfolio (and why a number of big name who tried to emulate him have been burnt by the recent fall in house prices), here http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/mortgages/buy-to-let/article.html?in_article_id=463690&in_page_id=56.
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