Newcastle pair join filthy rich
Newcastle's billionaire owner is the fifth wealthiest man in football, according to FourFourTwo magazine's annual rich list.
Mike Ashley is worth an estimated 1.6billion, which places him fifth int he overall standings.
However he has some way to go before catching up with Roman Abramovich, who is reportedly worth 20.45billion.
Toon striker Michael Owen is not short of a bob or two either - his 37million fortune means he's the second richest footballer on the planet behind David Beckham.
The total value of this year's Top 100 is 41.7 billion compared to 20.45billion four years ago.
Top 10: 1 Roman Abramovich, Chelsea, 10.8billion; Joe Lewis, Tottenham, 2.8billion; 3 Alisher Usmanov, Arsenal, 2.76billion; 4 Bernie Ecclestone, QPR, 2.5billion; 5 Mike Ashley, Newcastle 1.6billion; 6 Dermot Desmond, Celtic 1.6billion; 7 Malcolm Glazer, Man Utd, 1.25billion; 8 Stanley Kroenke, Arsenal 1.2billion; 9 Trevor Hemmings, Preston, 980million; 10 Lord Ashcroft, Watford, 950million.
Players top 10: 1 David Beckham, LA Galaxy, 112million; 2 Michael Owen, Newcastle 37million; 3 Robbie Fowler, Cardiff 30million; 4 Wayne Rooney, Man Utd 30million, 5 Sol Campbell, Portsmouth, 28million; 6 Andriy Shevchenko, Chelsea 25million; 6 Rio Ferdinand, Man Utd 25million; 8 Ryan Giggs, Man Utd 23million; 9 Michael Ballack, Chelsea 18million; 10 Steven Gerrard, Liverpool, 15million.
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