When footballers modify

Being a professional footballer is a pretty sweet gig if you ask us.

You get paid for kicking a ball around for more than 90 minutes two or three times a week, and – if you’re lucky and not totally devoid of talent – get the chance to represent your country.

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Take Manchester City player Stephen Ireland – he signed for the Blues when he was just 15 years old, and now at 23, is still with the club which recently lost the country’s most expensive player in the shape of Brazilian talisman Robinho.

Thanks to Man City’s very deep pockets, Stephen Ireland earns a reported £70,000 per week – more than enough to finance his £5 million Cheshire mansion next door to Manchester United rivals Wayne Rooney and Wes Brown.

Oh, and it’s also more than enough to finance his fleet of luxury modified cars.