bawan 0 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 FOOTIE bling king Stephen Ireland really has gone off the deep end - spending £100,000 on a giant FISH TANK. The big-buying Man City star had the huge feature installed as part of a refit of his £5million mansion. Stephen Ireland buys a new £260k customised Bentley for his girlfriend Jessica Lawlor, Flash ... Jessica Lawlor's £264k Bentley The four-metre tank holds 6,000 litres of saltwater - 75 times more than an average aquarium - and contains 500 tropical fish. It even includes a reef from Fiji, an in-built computer to monitor temperature and is fitted with wi-fi so it can be operated from anywhere in the world. All the technical parts are hidden in cabinets and the water is pumped through underfloor pipes from a separate room. Midfielder Ireland, 23, who earns £70,000 a week, said: "It's just breathtaking. When people come to the door and see it their first reaction is, 'Wow'!" The tank is made of commercial acrylic instead of glass, tough enough to withstand being accidentally hit by a ball from the personalised pool table next to it. Ireland shares the house in Prestbury, Cheshire, with his girlfriend Jessica Lawlor, 24, and three kids. Last month Jessica claimed it was not easy being a WAG. But we told how the couple topped the spending league with lavish buys including £264,000 on a white Bentley GTC convertible for her birthday. Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/...l#ixzz0fbV8I6dB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jusoda Kid 1 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 The Bentley looks like something out of back to the future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakehips 0 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 They missed a bit. 'Ireland, who plays in the same team as Wayne Bridge, whose ex g/f had a fling with John Terry..' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay 8 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Lots of little fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyff 0 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 At first I thought this was going to be about the country. Should be a fill in the blanks competition..."Ireland spends 100K on..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano 0 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 At first I thought this was going to be about the country. Should be a fill in the blanks competition..."Ireland spends 100K on..." A huge area of land to grow potatoes on back in his homeland Ireland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8936 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 At first I thought this was going to be about the country. Should be a fill in the blanks competition..."Ireland spends 100K on..." Night vision sun glasses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBass 2181 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Freaky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 38517 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Freaky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2188 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 What a waste of money. Must be hard to stomach this sort of thing if you're on the hard cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano 0 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Im on the hard cards and it doesnt bother me....if you can afford to live that life then live it. I know i would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTF 6127 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 70k a week. Wonder if that's true. If so I'd hate to see Manchester Cities books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 70k a week. Wonder if that's true. If so I'd hate to see Manchester Cities books. Bearing in mind Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan's family are over 40 times richer than Abromovich, I think they'll get by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2188 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Im on the hard cards and it doesnt bother me....if you can afford to live that life then live it. I know i would. I wouldn't. I expect there comes a point where money ceases to have meaning and you're spending just for the sake of it. Not because you really want something but because it's something to do, or a way of showing that you're better than everyone else in OK magazine. Next week the fish tank will be on the rubbish tip and he'll install something equally tasteless and expensive because he's bored or some other player's bubble headed WAG has just got one. He can do what he likes with his money, it's not his fault he's paid ridiculous wages I suppose, but personally I would feel guilty. Especially in the current economic climate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTF 6127 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 70k a week. Wonder if that's true. If so I'd hate to see Manchester Cities books. Bearing in mind Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan's family are over 40 times richer than Abromovich, I think they'll get by. It's not their financial welfare that I'm concerned about, more-so the flow on effect for teams like us. When good but not great players are being paid wages that are in my opinion excessive, it leaves us in a extremely difficult position in terms of signing players - in particular with a tightwad owner and a manager who hardly inspires confidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8936 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Freaky! I'm surprised that he's on 70k like. Also I'm curious as to why he hasn't featured more this season? His movement and goal scoring looks to be something Citeh could do with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjquick 0 Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Cant wait for someone to break in and smash it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonatine 9921 Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Shame he didn't spend that amount of money on his (alleged) hair transplant, it might have actually worked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26118 Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Shame he didn't spend that amount of money on his (alleged) hair transplant, it might have actually worked And he'd still be playing for his country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Imagine the fucking carbon footprint on the bit of reef imported from Fiji btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackandwhiteboy 0 Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 I wonder if he will take the fish tank with him when City sell him in the summer and he is forced to move house. Sure the neighbours love the sight of that car bombing around the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 I wonder if he will take the fish tank with him when City sell him in the summer and he is forced to move house. Sure the neighbours love the sight of that car bombing around the area. Probably keep the house anyway, I'd imagine. Do you think he'll need the money from the sale like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay 8 Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 He is keeping the ecomony alive with all this spending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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