Gary Neville's even have a shrubbery -
spelling MUFC - stands proudly outside the gates of his mansion and
when it blooms will, no doubt, feature red flowers.
The Premiership legends, chasing a record five trophies this
season, are certainly in a league of their own when it comes to
pads.
Header the list is RIO FERDINAND, 31, whose £5 million nest
(pictured above) in Cheshire is the most expensive in
football.
The three-storey pile, which he shares with fiancée Rebecca
Ellison and their two sons, boasts seven bedrooms, an indoor pool
and fitness centre. And outside there's plenty of room for the
kids, Lorenz, three, and seven-month-old Tate, who have a huge lawn
surrounded by mature woodland to play in.
Teammate RYAN GIGGS, 35, is a close second in the league, with a
£4.5 million home in Greater Manchester-that wouldn't look out of
place in Los Angeles.
It is as big as Ferdinand's-and even has a sunken patio-but
lacks the grounds and posh postcode of his teammate's. We can't
hear Ryan's wife Stacey and kids Liberty and Zach complaining
though.
Midfielder MICHAEL CARRICK, 27, is not far behind, with a lavish
£4.25 million Cheshire pad. He bulldozed the existing house on the
land to build a dream family home for wife Lisa and their baby
daughter. It includes seven bedrooms, a library, cinema, wine
cellar, indoor pool, private gym and sprawling patio with
hot-tub.
His next-door neighbour is former Man U legend and current Man
City boss Mark Hughes, whose house is worth £1.5 million.
Wearing the No4 shirt is singleton CRISTIANO RONALDO, 24, who
splashed out £4 million on a three-storey, five-bed home in the
village where Rio lives.
But after bulldozing the original house on the site, neighbours
branded the Portuguese winker's new pad: "Ugly, offensive, brutal
and insensitive." Next, it's a draw for WAYNE ROONEY and WES BROWN.
The pair spent £3.5 million each to have homes designed and built
by Dawn Ward-the wife of ex-Sheffield United star Ashley- very
close to each other in Cheshire.
Wayne, 23, and wife Coleen's mansion boasts an indoor pool and
tennis court. While single Wes, 29, has 360° picture windows, a
sound-proofed studio and an enormous bespoke chandelier.
A stone's throw away is CARLOS TEVEZ's £2.5 million, six-bed
bachelor's pad, previously owned by former Utd star Kieran
Richardson.
Tevez, 25, moved in after Richardson was flogged to Sunderland
in 2007. Towards the bottom of the table is PAUL SCHOLES, 34, who
is having the finishing touches put to his £2 million pad in
Greater Manchester.
The one-storey building for him, his wife Claire and their three
kids is more modest than most-but there is a football pitch in his
back garden.
And he has pipped DARREN FLETCHER, 25, who lives with girlfriend
Hayley Grice and their two-year-old twins Jack and Tyler in a £1.5
million Cheshire pad.
The properties of these nine players alone are worth a
staggering £30.75 million -and that's not counting their
teammates'.
Boss Sir Alex Ferguson lives in Cheshire in a faux-tudor mansion
that's worth around £2 million.