The High Cost of being a WAG

I’ll admit that I was largely ambivalent about the Wives and Girlfriends (WAGs) phenomenon at this year’s World Cup. Every time they showed pictures of the women in the stands I felt compelled to hold a Live Aid type of concert to raise money to fill their anemic bodies with high calorie milkshakes. I’m even less interested in the WAGs now that I have taken a test put together by Virgin Money (clearly they are doing God’s work) to determine the likelihood that I could end up a WAG. I ended up scoring so low that it is likely I’d need to pay a Conference player just to talk to me. In other words, the test was very accurate.

Not satisfied with just putting together a WAG eligibility Web site, Virgin Money has also come up with the estimated costs of being a WAG.

It will cost aspiring footballers’ wives an initial investment of £28,815 to win their perfect match and then a spend of £21,855 in year-one of the relationship, to keep their footballer from playing away. The elements identified by Virgin Money to make up the initial investment are:

- The obligatory boob job – £5,750
- Designer wardrobe – £7,050
- Body conditioning – £9,360
- Being seen in the correct places – £2,480
- Makeover – £1,465
- Accessories – £2,710

Ongoing expenses in the first year (at least) to keep the WAGs at the top of their games, according to Virgin Money, will be:

- Hair care – £6,120 a year
- Gym membership/personal trainer – £5,460 a year
- Nails – £650 per year
- Tan – £1,820 a year
- Clothes – at least £6,740 per year
- Alcohol – £490 per year
- Trendy club membership – £575 a year

For those WAGs willing to set their sights a little lower, Virgin Money estimates that a Championship player’s heart can be won over for £31,400, a League 1 player for £15,250 and a League 2 player for £5,140. Right at the other end of the spectrum, girls can bag a typical non-League Conference player for somewhere in the region of £512, the research from Virgin Money concludes.

I think I lost at least 20 IQ points posting this.

Via [4TheGame]

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