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
