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Mathieu Flamini could potentially be a billionaire, while David Beckham could live off the profits from his personal fragrance alone... this is how footballers thrive off the pitch
Football, as well as numerous other sports, may be infamous for seeing multitudes of stars fall into financial turmoil upon their retirement but it seems that there are plenty of savvy heads out there, too.

Paul Gascoigne is perhaps the most well known example of a monetary fall from grace, with the former England great having been left with nothing but a plethora of personal problems after he had hung up his boots.

But what of the success stories?

Below, research group SBO looks at some of the lesser-known lives of some of football's biggest stars...



There's life away from the pitch after all!

Always good to save the one you go eat for dry season

Bodily achievement profiteth little but investment is profitable unto all things

Even footballers are investing now. Hope our Nigerian counterparts are doing the same? Posterity won't forgive them if they spend everything chasing punanis!!!