 | 2006 PLAYERS RICH LIST 1. David Beckham (�75m) 2. Dennis Bergkamp (�37m) 3. Michael Owen (�30m) 4. Robbie Fowler (�28m) 5. Sol Campbell (�26m) 6. Roy Keane (�25m) 7. Alan Shearer (�22m) 8. Rio Ferdinand (�20m) Ryan Giggs (�20m) Ruud van Nistelrooy (�20m) |
England captain David Beckham is the highest earning player in the 2006 rich list of British football with an estimated fortune of �75m. Arsenal ace Dennis Bergkamp (�37m) is the Premiership's richest star ahead of Newcastle's Michael Owen (�30m).
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich holds sway at the top of the overall list compiled by Four Four Two magazine with an estimated worth of �10bn.
Blues boss Jose Mourinho, worth �20m, is the richest manager on the list.
Beckham remained as Britain's highest earning player thanks to a string of endorsement deals as well as his weekly wage of �116,000 at Real Madrid.
Owen's new �102,000-a-week deal at Newcastle boosted his gross annual earnings to �5.3m and helped him climb to third spot.
Robbie Fowler's shrewd investment in property and business ventures kept the Manchester City player fourth with a fortune of �28m.
Mourinho's lucrative advertising deals with American Express and Samsung make him the wealthiest manager in British football.
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson and England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson are the only other managers to make the top 100.
Russian oil and industry tycoon Abramovich is worth five-times more than his nearest rivals Joe Lewis when it comes to the list's big-money men.
Lewis, who holds shares in Rangers and Tottenham, is now worth �2bn.
US tycoon Malcolm Glazer makes his first appearance in the list in fifth spot with a fortune of �735m after he bought out Manchester United in the summer.
Lancashire mulit-millionaire Trevor Hemmings, who has stakes in Preston and Charlton - as well as owning this year's Grand National winner Hedgehunter - comes in at sixth with �730m.