Footballers whose partners built fortunes of their own
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Here's a fun headline that mostly falls apart when you check it: the footballer whose wife is richer than he is. It makes for a good talking point, but among today's elite players it's rarer than you'd think. A top forward at a big club can earn tens of millions a year in wages and endorsements, which is a hard number for almost anyone to beat. Still, a handful of partners have built serious money independently, and in one famous case the partner really was the wealthier of the two. A quick note first: every figure below is a public estimate, and those numbers vary a lot from one outlet to the next.