England and Portsmouth soccer star Jermain Defoe is one of the UK's most electrifying footballing talents, and his ability to score on and off the pitch has made him a tabloid mainstay over the past few years. He has dated a string of glamorous ladies, including disgraced Celebrity Big Brother star Danielle Lloyd.

Inexplicably, Sven decided not to include Jermain in his 2006 World Cup squad. But Jermain had the last laugh when Eriksson's plans backfired spectacularly and England lost to Portugal in the quarter finals. Many people maintain that, had Jermain been on the squad list in Germany, things would have turned out very differently indeed.