Football stars are not only the centre of soccer matches when making their appearances in the games but also the focus of public and mass media attention. Their success and wealth can be shown through their expense on clothes, accessories, vacations, and especially mansions.
Britain’s most famous celebrity couples, football superstar David Beckham and Spice Girl Victoria bought a designated special building just after their wedding in late 1999 for £2.5 million from the local council. The mansion, located in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire in the UK, spans a total area of more than 17 acres. When Victoria became pregnant with their third child, the building underwent its first major renovation, with an additional room for the yet-to-arrive family addition. The Beckham spent a small matter of £100,000 on the extension. The Beckham also bought another “Beckhingham Palace” in Beverly Hills, US. The £11 million palace has six bedrooms and nine bathrooms.
The official residence of one of Britain’s famous celebrity couples
Gary Neville, England's most capped right back and Manchester United's club captain, is building a £6-8 million eco-friendly, underground mansion in the Bolton countryside. The mansion will be run by solar panels and a wind turbine. It will include a Japanese rock garden, a giant laser, and a laboratory. The bathroom inside a petal is very delightful. He is said to be keen on building other 'ground-breaking' green homes besides this outlandish flower-shaped structure.
Gary Neville’s underground mansion
Wayne Rooney, a striker for Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team, resided in a £4.25 million mansion in the village of Prestbury, Cheshire. The mansion was built by a company owned by Dawn Ward, the wife of former Sheffield United striker Ashley Ward. Wayne Rooney also possesses property in Port Charlotte, Florida. The mansion boasts a £30,000 state-of-the-art CCTV system to prevent peeping toms.
At the time Rooney was house hunting in Cheshire after signing with Manchester United, he spotted a pub sign that read "Admiral Rodney”.
Following his decision to stay at Anfield, Steven Gerrard moved into a £2m mansion, on Formby's desirable Victoria Road with fiancee Alex Curran and their 18-month-old daughter, Lilly-Ella. His home has nine bedrooms and bathrooms, a cinema, indoor swimming pool, three living rooms, and landscaped gardens.
Steven Gerrard has become the sixth player in the Liverpool football team to have had his mansion burgled in the last 18 moths. In 2007, Gerrard’s house was attacked by masked burglers.
The Liverpool and England’s striker Michael Owen bought historic Lower Soughton Hall, with its 12 acres, near Mold, Flintshire, North Wales.
The star made £500,000 worth of changes to Lower Soughton Hall, including installing a swimming pavilion and stable block.
The Manchester United and England player Rio Ferdinand bought this mansion for £2.3 million in 2003. Ferdinand lives in the wealthy neighbourhood of Alderley Edge, Cheshire.
The property has a swimming pool, a balcony, and a courtyard.
Theo Walcott spent £3 million buying a five-bedroom mansion in Hemel Hempstead as a present for his mum and dad.
Theo Walcott plays for Arsenal and the England national team as a winger.
Soccer star Ashley Cole and Girls Aloud singer Cheryl spent £3.5million on Surrey mansion. The couple got their marriage into troubles, and they were overseeing a £1million makeover. X Factor Judge Cheryl set her heart on a gym and pool complex with bar under the house.
£3.5million Surrey mansion
It cost Frank Lampard £1 million to reform his mansion near Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge ground. However, he put up this mansion for sale with £8.5 million after parting ways with Spanish model Elen Rives.
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