Beckham, Roman top football's rich list!!
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extracted from ESPN soccernet.
David Beckham has topped the latest football rich list with an estimated fortune over twice that of his nearest rival, Dennis Bergkamp.
FourFourTwo magazine claims the England captain is worth £75million, far outstripping the Arsenal forward who is on £37million and Newcastle striker Michael Owen, who is third on £30million.
Wayne Rooney has risen to 20th but, with just £8million to his name, he is a long way short of either of his international team-mates.
Roy Keane may be out of a job at the moment but he is unlikely to go short with wealth estimated at £25million.
Whatever Beckham's advantages over his peers, it is nothing compared to Roman Abramovich's, who is the clear winner in the football investors rich list.
With £10billion, his wealth is all but limitless, and five times that of his nearest rival Joe Lewis, who has stakes in Rangers and Tottenham and is down to his last £2billion.
Celtic's Dermot Desmond is a long way behind with £867million in third place while Malcolm Glazer makes his first appearance following his investment in Manchester United.
The American is fifth with £735million, just behind Sir Alan Sugar, who retains a stake in Tottenham and is thought to be worth £760million.
Top 20 players
1 David Beckham (Real Madrid) £75m
2 Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal) £37m
3 Michael Owen (Newcastle) £30m
4 Robbie Fowler (Manchester City) £28m
5 Sol Campbell (Arsenal) £26m
6 Roy Keane (Unattached) £25m
7 Alan Shearer (Newcastle) £22m
8 Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United) £20m
8 Ryan Giggs (Manchester United) £20m
8 Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United) £20m
11 Thierry Henry (Arsenal) £18m
12 Emile Heskey (Birmingham) £11m
13 Didier Drogba (Chelsea) £10m
13 Duncan Ferguson (Everton) £10m
13 Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) £10m
13 Frank Lampard (Chelsea) £10m
13 Freddie Ljungberg (Arsenal) £10m
13 John Terry (Chelsea) £10m
19 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Middlesbrough) £8m
20 Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) £8m
Top 10 investors
1 Roman Abramovich (Chelsea) - oil, industry - £10b
2 Joseph Lewis (Tottenham, Rangers) - finance - £2b
3 Dermot Desmond (Celtic) - finance - £867m
4 Sir Alan Sugar (Tottenham) - electronics - £760m
5 Malcolm Glazer (Manchester United) - investment - £735m
6 Trevor Hemmings (Charlton) - property - £730m
7 Walker family (Blackburn) - steel/airline - £680m
8 David Sullivan (Birmingham) - publishing - £575m
9 David Murray (Rangers) - metals/property - £550m
10 David Gold (Birmingham) - books/erotica - £515m -
a very good list indeed..but i tot roman got at least 25 billion?? why left 10 billion only?
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thats pounds you know?
i am surprised bergkamp is so high up in the list. -
im surprised fowler is on fourth
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i am not surprised at all. even at man city he is fetching 40k a month, more than makelele, at 30k.Originally posted by RaTtY81:im surprised fowler is on fourth