Ha! Under the Christmas tree sit several presents for my husband, and one is a Liverpool FC strip. Er... but also a Man U one. And...er.. an Arsenal 'training tracksuit'. He's a total Premier League tart.

The point about footballers' fantastic salaries which are transient is that, after the ball is over so to speak, these chaps are perfectly entitled to find work elsewhere, either opening training schools or chains of sports shops etc., trading on their past celebrity and fame. They have also presumably wisely invested their riches, and have a nice nest-egg.
The rest of us just have to make do with a normal life, and a normal wage (in my husband's case, the minimum wage).
Just saying.