Baller Dreams: Football players and their automobile fixations
Football players work hard. No, they really do, no sarcasm. With a year chock full of little else than running around with 10 other men after a ball and going to great lengths to ensure they are fit and ready both mentally and physically, all football fans worth their salt will admit that every football player earns his wage by working hard.
When they spend that money on lavish lifestyles with purchases of houses, cars, and everything in between, you'd almost forgive them for it. With preposterously expensive exotics, flashy sports cars, and massive SUVs rolling on huge wheels, some may question their tastes in automobiles, but they definitely know what living large means.
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Speaking of terrible taste, the worst car collection of any footballer belongs to Stephen Ireland; the Irish national and Stoke City player's white-pink and white-blue Audi R8 is infamous. He also happens to own a black Range Rover with pink wheels, and a disgusting Bentley Continental with shoddy custom work.
Another footballer with a shoddy custom Bentley is Mario Balotelli. The ex-Manchester City, current AC Milan and Italy national team striker used to drive a Bentley Continental Supersports, with a horrifying olive green camouflage wrap. Thankfully, after leaving City and moving to Milan, he gave away his $300,000 GT and got a much nicer, much more digestible Ferrari FF in Fiorano Red. He also has a matte black Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale, a matte black Audi R8, and an orange Range Rover Evoque.
Players in the English Premier league are often lauded as the most extravagant on the planet, Premiership football club car parks reportedly a haven for ridiculously expensive pieces of machinery. Steven Gerrard, Liverpool's ever-long hero and the England midfield's centerpiece, has recently shown great class and taste in keeping it subtle with a silver Jaguar XKR convertible. Maybe he'll upgrade to the F-type soon.
Its not all glitter and glamour, however. Wayne Rooney is often laughed at for posing with his Ford Ka, possibly the girliest looking car among the ones owned by top-flight footballers. Manchester United and England's frontman can definitely afford much more exotic cars and does (like the Range Rover Overfinch), but why pose with a humble piece of metal excrement? We can't really tell.
Unlike other celebs, footballers don't really care much about the environment, or at least they don't like showing people that they care about the environment. The number of Prius’ in footballers’ garages are thankfully quite low, with just Emanuel Adebayor fighting the good fight with his eco-friendly electric Fisker Karma.
Lionel Messi and Christiano Ronaldo may compete head to head for the title of best footballer on the planet, but when it comes to cars, Ronaldo has Messi beaten. The Argentine Barcelona superstar likes to lay low when it comes to extravagance, Messi's most expensive car being a frost white Maserati MC Stradale. On the flipside, Ronaldo's car collection shows off the massive number of zeros on his paycheck. From the brand new Ferrari LaFerrari to a custom painted Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 to countless others, C-Ron is definitely living most teenagers’ dreams (and we haven't even mentioned Irina Shayak yet).
Rarest supercar owner crown, however, goes to Spain's midfield maestro Andres Iniesta. The World Cup winning champion rolls in a blue Bugatti Veyron Supersports, the fastest and most expensive road legal car on the planet.
How's that for extravagance?
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