Football is considered a working-class game, with many professionals coming from humble backgrounds. But who are some footballers that grew up wealthy?
The following short list includes players such as Pirlo, Gianluca Vialli (RIP) and Pique: https://m.allfootballapp.com/news/EPL/Seven-footballers-who-were-mega-rich-before-sport—including-Gianluca-Vialli/2998595
For the purposes of a more interesting discussion, we’ll exclude children of former pro footballers, cause y’know that kind of feels like cheating.
I doubt Lillian Thuram was scrounging to feed Marcus and Khephren or Peter Schmeichel struggling to raise kasper