Like every year, the magazine `Four-Four-Two 'has published the ranking of the millionaires of English football. Football has done well with them. Moreover, it would seem outrageously good. Millionaires, billionaires, in fact, the magazine `Four-Four-Two 'has published a report detailing the richest types of English football and although not too many surprises when it comes to take a look at the list, it does highlight the amount of money that have come to accumulate.
David Beckham could be no other, heads the list of English players (though not played in Britain) in regard to financial benefits. The Los Angeles Galaxy player last year reached 125 million pounds (144 million euros) thanks not only his agility in the field, but the skill of his advisers and the expansion of its business. Becks, who launched a line of cosmetics in the U.S., has a fragrance in United Kingdom and remains one of the great images of Adidas, is releasing his retirement from active football introduced by the company in various sections.
Behind him in second place, another veteran of gold figure, Michael Owen, with a profit of 40 million pounds (46 million euros). Since 2001 began as an image of Nestlé, the accounts of Golden Boy were multiplying, and although its sports be declining, remains a real King Midas. Behind him another veteran gold appears as Rio Ferdinand, with 30 million pounds and the top five at close Sol Campbell and Ryan Giggs, 31 and 27 million pounds respectively.
If anyone casts a shadow on Becks between the players on the bench sends Fabio Capello, the England coach to reach 30 million euros, a figure which has not had any effect the disaster of England in the last World Cup. Roy Keane ManU legendary captain and coach of Ipswich Town (second), it remains on the list ahead of his mentor Alex Ferguson and Wenger Ancelotti and, completing the top five coaches list. Curiously enough, the seventh in this ranking is Ole Gunnar Solskjaer coach ... ManUnited reserve team.
The magazine also mentions the owners of English clubs, not necessarily from the Premier. That leadership is to Seikh Mansour bin Zayed, the ManCity and reaches a whopping 20,000 million pounds (something like 23,000 million euros). Lakshimi Mittal, QPR, and is third followed by Alisher Usmanov, the Arsenal. Curiously, the mythical Roman Abramovich, Chelsea's patron, is only fourth, with just under half the leader. Fernando Torres appears among the top twenty Liverpool's Spanish striker is number 13 of the classification of players, earning fifteen million pounds (17.2 million euros).
With a weekly salary of 110,000 pounds (126,000 euros), Fernando Torres may not cross a happy moment in sports for their injuries and the problems facing Liverpool, but their advertising contracts with Nike, Pepsi and Pringles placed him among soccer players higher incomes in the UK. His image, from one year to another, increased no fewer than nine seats, which shows their growing up.