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
from soccernet
