Roy Keane sixth on soccer rich list

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 £75m (€110.75), far outstripping the Arsenal forward who is on £37m (€54.6m) and Newcastle striker Michael Owen, who is third on £30m (€44.3m).

Wayne Rooney has risen to 20th but, with just £8m (€11.8m) 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 £25m (€36.9m).

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

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