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    England’s 1966 World Cup stars as rich as Kane and Co? No, their lives were much Moore modest

    WHEN, God-willing, England lift the Euro trophy tomorrow, the heroes who ended 55 years of hurt are assured fame and fortune.Five decades may have passed, but the players who won the World Cup in 1966 seem to have been living on another planet.
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    Following the victory, the team were whisked to a banquet at the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington, their wives and girlfriends were not allowed in and were given burgers insteadCredit: Mirrorpix
    Agents for Harry Kane and his team will long ago have negotiated eye-watering bonuses from bosses at the English FA for taking the ­honours at ­Wembley tomorrow night.
    But in 1966, in the bowels of the famous London stadium while the rest of the team were recovering after their 4-2 extra-time win over ­Germany, team captain Bobby Moore slipped out of the dressing room.
    He went to meet FA chiefs who told him — with no negotiations back then — that the players would share a total bonus of £22,000.
    Moore decided each man would get £1,000, whether they had played in the tournament or not. He told his teammates: “We were all in this together and that’s how it will stay.”
    Goal hero Martin Peters  with wife KathleenCredit: Mirrorpix
    While our present-day England stars earn millions, have lucrative sponsorship deals and live in gated mansions, things were very different back in 1966.
    ‘Players of the people’
    Then, they were on around 80 quid a week — and felt LUCKY. Because only four years earlier the £20-a-week cap on players’ wages had been lifted — and they were now earning five times the average worker’s pay.
    The team’s youngest member, winger Alan Ball, was one of the few players with a kit deal.
    Bobby Moore vs Harry Kane
    MOORE: Aged 22 (died 1993). Pay:  £80 a week. Home: £3,000  semi in Chingford, Essex. Car: Jaguar. Family: Divorced wife Tina in 1986 after 22 years, two kids. Honours: OBE.
    KANE: Aged 27. Pay: £180k a week – likely to rise to £300k.  Home: Rented London apartment for £15,000 a week. Car: Range Rover, Jaguar, Bentley. Family:  Married to childhood sweetheart Kate Goodland, three kids. Honours:  MBE  – but knighthood if we win. 

    At 9.30 on the morning of the ’66 game, he went to see an Adidas rep staying at the team hotel.
    Ball, who only 45 minutes earlier had learned he was playing, ­collected £1,000 —  enough for a new car —  for wearing Adidas boots in the game. 
    Centre back Jack Charlton, on the other hand, got just £100 from his bootmaker. The FA had done a  deal with Marks & Spencer and the team ­travelled to the game in St Michael suits.
    In ’66 Arthur Edwards was a young photographer on the local East ­London paper and took pictures of Moore and World Cup final goal scorers Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters. Arthur, now The Sun’s royal photographer recalls: “They’d invite me to their homes to take pictures and never asked for a penny and there was no agents making demands. 
    “It was a different world back then. They were players of the people.” 
     Hurst was living in a £3,000 semi in Chigwell and returned home to wife Judith after England’s victory — and mowed the lawn.
     Moore’s wife Tina recalled: “After the match, we went back to our semi in Essex and held a party for some of our close friends. It wasn’t anything fancy, just a few drinks and a bit of music for a couple of hours.
    Gordon Banks vs Jordan Pickford
    BANKS: Aged 28 (died 2019). Pay: £60 a week with Leicester, plus gate money. Home: £3,000 1930s  semi. Car: Ford Consul. Family: Wife Ursula, a West German who supported England, three kids. Honours: OBE.
    PICKFORD: Aged 27. Pay: £150,000 a week at Everton. Home: £2.1million  mansion in Cheshire. Car: £160,000 Lamborghini Urus 4×4. Family: Wife Megan Davison, one son. Honours: None.

    “After everyone left, it all felt a bit flat. Bobby poured himself a lager while I cleared away the glasses.
    “I suppose Bobby and I did start to experience some things similar to footballers and their wives nowadays. 
    “After the World Cup, people wanted to take photos of us, and we had offers coming in from every direction.
    “We got a telegram from composer Lionel Bart, inviting us to a party with Tom Jones and Joan Collins.
    “Bobby got a contract modelling for Hornes Brothers, a men’s outfitters. He bought us a Jaguar — a car he had always longed for — and we had the house of our dreams built on a plot of land on the best street in Chigwell.”
    Hurst, who was later knighted, also bought a bigger house — for £12,750. Liverpool striker Roger Hunt returned to his home in Culcheth, near Warrington, to find his lawn had been trampled by 600 fans chanting ‘Eey aye adio, we won the Cup!’
    Geoff Hurst vs Declan Rice
    HURST: Aged 24 (now 79). Pay: £80 a week at West Ham. Home: £3,000 three-bed semi in Chingford. Car: Ford Anglia. Family: Married Judith in 1964, three daughters. Honours: Knighted in 1998.
    RICE: Aged 22. Pay: £60,000 a week at West Ham. Expected to double after Euros. House: Mansion in Surrey. Car: Range Rover. Family: Girlfriend Lauren Fryer, no kids. Honours: None.

    In 1966, Bobby Charlton also lived in Cheshire, in a modest detached home in Knutsford.
    Today’s team are staying at England’s posh St George’s training facilities at Burton on Trent with its pools, gyms and even an oxygen chamber. A huge staff including chefs and nutritionists tend to their needs.
    In July 1966, England’s squad plus two coaches and manager Alf Ramsey, stayed at the ­Hendon Hall Hotel, where the team ate the same menu as the other guests. For lunch before the final, the players had chicken, apart from Moore who had beans on toast.
    To relax, they went shopping and played cards and cricket or sunbathed in the grounds. 
    There was no ring of steel around the players, like today.
    Wags ate burgers
    Back then fans could stop and chat to them in the grounds, or hail them in the streets nearby while they went shopping. 
    The players’ wives had to stay at home and wait for their ­husbands or boyfriends to phone after training.
    Fulham full-back George Cohen’s wife Daphne was left at home with their baby  Andrew for eight weeks while England trained for the tournament. She recalled: “I couldn’t call George at the team hotel — I didn’t even know the number. 
    “I had to write letters and wait for him to call. Alf Ramsey made it clear wives should keep away.” 
    The night before the big match, Ramsey took his team to the local cinema in Hendon to see the film Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines.
    Alf Ramsay vs Gareth Southgate
    RAMSEY: Aged 46 (died 1999). Pay: £4,500 a year. Home: Mock Tudor semi in Ipswich. Car: Austin 1100. Family: Married to Rita Norris, one dachshund. Honours: Knighthood, statues at Ipswich and Wembley.
     SOUTHGATE: Aged 50. Pay: £3million a year. Home: £3.5m haunted 16th Century mansion near Harrogate. Cars: Bentley and Aston Martin. Family: Married to ­Alison, two girls. Honours: OBE – but Sir Gareth if we win.

    On the day of the match the wives, who were given two ­tickets each, had to make their own way to Wembley.
    Pat Wilson, wife of left-back Ray, left their two children with her mum in Liverpool to drive to London for the final. 
    She said: “I picked up Bobby Charlton’s wife Norma on the way, but halfway down the motorway the exhaust went on our Ford Zephyr.”
    Following the victory, the team were whisked to a banquet at the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington. Their wives and girlfriends made their own way there to discover they were not allowed in — although Pickles, the dog that found the stolen World Cup trophy four months earlier, was.

     Instead, they ate burgers in a restaurant downstairs.
    Daphne Cohen, who had hitched a lift to Wembley said: “I remember passing the banqueting suites and feeling a little fed up that we didn’t even get a ticket for the tearoom.”
    But the FA did thank the Wags for their sacrifice during the tournament —  presenting each with a pair of scissors in a box.
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    World Cup hero Sir Geoff Hurst stands atop the London Eye looking to Wembley as he dreams of another win

    ENGLAND 1966 World Cup winner Sir Geoff Hurst stood atop the London Eye as the Three Lions prepare to do battle tonight.Wearing a replica kit from England’s last final at a major tournament, the ex-West Ham star looked out towards Wembley as the national team prepare to do battle against Italy.
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    England legend Sir Geoff stood atop the London Eye as the Three Lions prepare to battle Italy in the Euro 2020 finalCredit: PA
    World Cup winner Sir Geoff Hurst wears a replica kit from England’s last final at a major tournamentCredit: Rex
    Sir Geoff makes history by scoring the winning goal in the 1966 World Cup Final against West Germany
    Sir Geoff, 79, said: “What are our chances? Good.
    “We have got a very good team, we’ve been doing very well, well managed, and right from the start I’ve felt we had a good bunch of players, a lot of very good young players.
    “I always felt we had a chance and that hasn’t changed. I always felt right from the beginning the team that beat Italy would win it because they are very strong as well.
    “I think the best two teams are in the final. (Playing) against a great country in Italy, and a great footballing nation, it should be a great final.
    “I predict it is going to be a very tight game between two fantastic teams.
    “I can’t see a a 4-2 scoreline like we saw in 66. That would be a big shock really.
    Sir Geoff said: ‘I always felt we had a chance and that hasn’t changed’Credit: PA
    He added: ‘I always felt right from the beginning the team that beat Italy would win it because they are very strong as well’Credit: PA
    Sir Geoff reckons the final will be a very tight game between ‘two fantastic teams’Credit: PA
    Sir Geoff said: ‘I think the best two teams are in the final’Credit: PA

    “You can’t see either team conceding that amount of goals. It will be very hard – as it’s proved for the last 55 years – for a player to score three.
    “But I’ve had a great record and someone’s got to do it (one day).
    “But it’s not about an individual scoring three. It is just about, as it has been right the way through, a great team winning.
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    Pilot scrawls ‘It’s Coming Home’ across the sky ready for England’s Euro 2020 final against Italy

    AN ENGLAND megafan took to the skies to scrawl the iconic message “It’s Coming Home” on flight radar ahead of the historic Euro 2020 final on Sunday.Pilot Ben Davis, 41, plugged in the coordinates on his GPS after the Three Lions 2-1 semi-final victory over Denmark on Wednesday.
    Ben flew his plane to write It’s Coming Home on the flight tracker
    Ben Davis said the flight was his unique way of paying tribute to EnglandCredit: Hyde News & Pictures
    He created the masterpiece which shows up on FlightRadar24 in an hour-and-a-half after taking off from Finmere airfield in Oxfordshire on Thursday evening.
    Ben said: “It was just to express my support for the country. I thought rather than watching the telly, I said to the wife I had an idea and I was off out.
    “I put all the points in my GPS and then headed off. My son was watching online and texted me about halfway around to say it was going well.
    “Really it is just a little thing for nerds like me.
    “It is best done in the early morning or the evening so the air is calmer, otherwise you end up drifting and it looks like you are drunk.
    “It can be quite difficult as some of the turns are really tight to get around, I was worried it might all go wrong and I would have to start again.”

    The aviator who lives in Buckingham hit the headlines in 2016 for welcoming in the New Year with a “Happy NY” message in the skies above Buckinghamshire.
    He said of his love of flying: “It is a privilege to be able to get away from it all and head to the seaside or the Welsh mountains.
    Harry Kane scored to sent England into the Euro 2020 finalCredit: Getty
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    England fan gets Gareth Southgate tattoo to celebrate getting to the Euros final

    AN ENGLAND fan has had the iconic image of Gareth Southgate celebrating after reaching the Euro 2020 final tattooed on his body in tribute to our Three Lions heroes.Teddy Allen, 33, splashed out £500 on an inking of the boss on his calf in tribute to the manager’s heroics.
    Teddy Allen paid £500 to get a tattoo of Gareth SouthgateCredit: Matthew Pover
    And the 33-year-old joked he has plenty of space left should any of England’s star players score the winner in the final against Italy on Sunday.
    Stoke City fan Teddy said: “The team have been fantastic the whole tournament. They were a bit off against Scotland but they have been on a different level since then.
    “The tactics from Southgate have been unbelievable.
    “I just want the team to keep on going and bring it home for us.
    “There are so many young players in the team.
    Teddy went too early and predicted Harry Kane would win England the 2018 World CupCredit: Matthew Pover
    Teddy, of Biddulph, Staffs, booked in the £500 inking two weeks with the tattoo artist pal who previously designed another England-related tattoo in 2018.
    The dad of two previously had an image of Harry Kane and “World Cup winners 2018” tattooed on his thigh prior to England’s semi-final loss against Croatia.
    He said: “He said he could fit me on either Monday or Thursday this week so I thought I’d wait for the game.
    “I loved seeing Southgate so passionate on the pitch afterwards. It was brilliant to see and really iconic. The passion really came through at the end – he couldn’t hold it back.”
    Teddy said he had no regrets over his Kane tattoo given England’s improved performances under Southgate.
    He said: “I don’t regret having it down. It’s given my mates and the lads at work a good laugh over the years and it still gets talked about now.
    “I’ve not had anything done to alter it and I think this team are so good I might get some more use out of it in 2022 for the next World Cup.”
    Teddy says he has left space for England’s scorer in the Euro 2020 finalCredit: Matthew Pover

    Teddy, who works for Bentley Motors, added that he still thinks Kane is England’s main man, but said Raheem Sterling was running him close as the Three Lions’ star man.
    He joked: “It was a toss up between Southgate and Sterling, but there’s plenty of room left if Sterling pops up with the winner in the final.”
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    Roman gladiator mauled by Sun mascot Harry Mane ahead of Euro 2020 final

    THE Sun’s lion mascot Harry Mane roared into Rome and defeated a gladiator in battle ahead of the Euro final.He showed England’s Italian rivals just what they will be up against in Sunday night’s Wembley showdown.
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    Sun Mascot Harry Mane took on a Roman gladiator ahead of the Euro 2020 finalCredit: Dan Charity / The Sun
    Harry Mane was victorious in a positive omen for EnglandCredit: Dan Charity / The Sun
    Harry marked his victory by placing his foot on the vanquished foe as another Roman was shown looking on in horror.
    And in another bad omen for the Italians, their training camp was disrupted by a Covid outbreak yesterday.
    As the gods appeared to be smiling on England, Harry posed behind enemy lines at some of the capital’s iconic landmarks including the Colosseum.
    Despite the warning of their looming conquest by Three Lions captain Harry Kane and his warriors, our mascot was mobbed by cheerful Italians who loved the mascot.
    But a showdown dating back centuries kicked off during a visit to the Rome Gladiator School.
    After emerging triumphant from the sword duel, our lion said: “It was a great victory and shows we can go all the way.
    “It’s definitely coming home! This is a terrific sign we’re going to win. We have the passion, fight and desire and I can see us going all the way.
    “Beating a gladiator is a great start.”
    Defeated gladiator Asticus said: “I was no match for Harry Mane. He was too good. It was good fun though.
    “I’m not sure about the final now. I’m very worried. I think we’re in trouble!”
    Italy were hit by the last minute Covid scare when three of the media pack following hardman skipper Giorgio Chiellini and co tested positive.
    Italy were rocked with a Covid scare ahead of Sunday’s finalCredit: AFP
    Officials immediately strengthened the bubble around the team and carried out tests to make sure none of the players or immediate staff were affected.
    Their training camp on the outskirts of Florence was immediately shut and a specialist cleaning team was brought in.
    An Italian FA source said: “It’s not the ideal preparation for the team and we are making sure that none of them are infected but we are taking no chances and tests are being carried out.
    “The chance of infection with any of the team is small but we want to be sure — it means that training sessions with the media in attendance have all been cancelled and we are having to make other arrangements.”
    Sources also said coach Roberto Mancini and the entire squad had all had their vaccinations.
    Journalist Alberto Remedio and two technicians, all from state TV firm RAI, tested positive.
    Two, including Remedio, are thought to have picked up the bug in London during their trip to cover their team’s semi-final.
    Remedio described last week how 60,000 fans would be gathering in the stadium with little prospect of social distancing.
    Boris Johnson stood firm and kept the final at WembleyCredit: Reuters
    The episode rekindled the debate on Uefa’s controversial decision to hold the game in London, despite the increase in infections in the UK.
    Last month, Italian prime minister Mario Draghi said he wanted to bring the final to Rome and clashed with Boris Johnson.
    BoJo was not going to let anyone stand in the way of football coming home and has now even had 10 Downing Street decorated with England flags outside.

    Meanwhile, ministers here have grounded planes from Italy to stop Covid regulations being breached by a Roman invasion.
    Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has ordered airlines to cancel flights to stop thousands of ticketless Italians turning up.
    But around 1,000 fans from Italy will be allowed to skip isolation rules under an agreement with Uefa. Italy’s epic Wembley semi-final clash with Spain was packed with their fans – but only those who live in the UK.
    England captain Harry Kane has hit form with four goals in the knockout roundsCredit: Getty
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    England stars to enjoy Wild West trip to Las Vegas if they win Euro 2020

    ENGLAND stars will celebrate in style if they win tomorrow’s Euro 2020 Final — with a Wild West trip to Las Vegas.Party animal Jack Grealish and goalie Jordan Pickford plan to lead a posse of players to the glitzy gambling mecca.
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    Party animal Jack Grealish will be heading to Las Vegas with the Three Lions if they win the Euro 2020 final
    Pals set to join in the knees-up include Three Lions teammates Mason Mount, Declan Rice and Ben Chilwell.
    Jack’s close pal, Leicester City’s James Maddison, is also likely to join in after whooping it up in Dubai with him and Chilwell earlier this year.
    Asked how he would celebrate England’s first final victory since 1966, Aston Villa star Jack, 25, said: “Go to Las Vegas for ten days. I’d be straight on a plane to Vegas and wouldn’t be coming back — completed it!”
    Everton keeper Jordan, 27, added: “Three weeks in Vegas with Jack . . . it would be a great experience and I’d be definitely getting the rave on for a good spell!”
    Three Lions stars have bonded by skylarking in their swimming pool, playing practical jokes on each other and watching Love Island at their St George’s Park base camp.
    Gareth Southgate has encouraged close friendships as his young lions fine-tune their push for glory in front of a 60,000-strong crowd at Wembley.
    Goalkeeper Jordan Pickford is set to join the knees-up in the glitzy gambling meccaCredit: The Mega Agency
    England are pushing for glory at the Euro 2020 final in front of a 60,000-strong crowd at WembleyCredit: Getty
    Las Vegas will be a well deserved trip for the Three LionsCredit: Alamy

    Bookies Ladbrokes cut odds to 4/5 that the final will be the UK’s most watched TV event ever — with 33million set to tune in.
    The biggest audiences were for the 1966 World Cup Final (32.3m) and Princess Diana’s funeral in 1997 (32.1m).
    Alex Apati, of Ladbrokes, said: “Football is coming home — and so is a record TV audience.”
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    Say ciao to Italy’s wags – from a Brit singer, beauty queen and brain box

    ENGLAND go head to head with Italy tomorrow night in a historic footie final to become European champions. But behind each suave Italian player lies a stunningly beautiful Wag.Sure to be cheering the stars on will be the glamorous partners of England’s ­toughest rivals yet. From British pop singer Catherine Harding to former ­criminology student ­Jessica Melena, meet the Italy Wags.
    Jessica Aidi celebrates her 30th birthday on the day of the finalCredit: Jessica Aidi Instagram
    Swimsuit model
    FRENCH model Jessica Aidi is sure to be cheering on her fiancé Marco Verratti tomorrow night.
    The occasion will be doubly special as ­Jessica celebrates her 30th birthday tomorrow.
    In May 2019, she and Marco were spotted holding hands at the Monaco Grand Prix, but didn’t go public until Paris Fashion Week five months later.
    Marco Verratti is preparing to wed Jessica AidiCredit: Getty
    The athletic model showed off her figure in a strappy bikini in the 2020 swimsuit edition of Sports Illustrated.
    Once the Euros are over, Jessica and Verratti will begin preparations for their wedding.
    Influencer
    Jessica Melena is married to striker Ciro ImmobileCredit: Jessica Melena Instagram
    AFTER just three dates with Jessica Melena, hotshot striker Ciro Immobile, 31, told the Italian beauty: “You will be the mother of my children.”
    Recalling the message, Jessica – who now has three children with her husband – revealed: “’I said that I thought it was a bit strong, but then soon after he kept his promise. His were true words.’”
    Ciro fell for gorgeous wife Jessica straight awayCredit: Getty
    Stunning Jessica, 30, who has 970,000 Instagram followers, was a student in criminology and forensic sciences at L’Aquila University when she met Immobile in a restaurant in Abruzzo, Italy.
    Soon after, Jessica quit her studies and married Immobile in 2014.
    Student
    Alessia Elefante inspires goalkeeper Gianluigi DonnarummaCredit: alessia_elefante_gossip
    LARGER-than-life goalie Gianluigi Donnarumma has ­conceded a mere three goals in six games and recently bagged a spot at top French team Paris St Germain.
    The 6ft 5in Italian stands head and shoulders above his fiancée Alessia Elefante, 21.
    Gianluigi Donnarumma has just clinched a move to PSGCredit: EPA
    The couple have shared heartwarming photos of Gianluigi bending down to share a kiss with his petite partner.
    While student Alessia keeps a low ­public ­profile, the 22-year-old has been in a relationship with Gianluigi ever since she was 16.
    TV broadcaster
    Giorgia Duro is a TV broadcasterCredit: isaanascimento/instagram
    Andrea Belotti has been with wife Giorgia for seven yearsCredit: EPA
    CAPTAIN of Serie A side Torino, Andrea Belotti, 27, welcomed his first child with wife Giorgia Duro in February – but had to wait to meet newborn daughter Vittoria after he tested ­positive for Covid.
    However, dazzling mum Giorgia, 28, said at the time that the couple were doing “fine” and the young family were later reunited.
    Giorgia, a TV broadcaster and model, met Andrea in Palermo in 2014, and they married in the church of San Francesco Di Paola, in Palermo, in June 2017.
    Beauty queen
    Rachele Risaliti is a former Miss ItalyCredit: Rachele Risaliti Instagram
    Rachele posts about her relationship with Gaetano Castrovilli on her Instagram pageCredit: Getty
    FORMER Miss Italy Rachele Risaliti hasn’t been shy about her relationship with ­midfield ace Gaetano Castrovilli.
    Sharing a snap on Instagram of the couple locked in a passionate embrace, Rachele posted the comment “miss you” as Castrovilli rushed off to take part in the Euro 2020 build-up in June.
    Born in Prato, Italy, Rachele, 26, rose to fame after being crowned Miss Italia 2016.
    And she’s been a keen supporter of her Italian beau, sharing pics of her with fellow Wag ­Benedetta Quagli online.
    Full time mum
    Genoveffa Darone is known as JennyCredit: jenny__darone/instagram
    ‘Jenny’ has been married to Lorenzo Insigne for almost a decadeCredit: Rex
    FULL-TIME mum Genoveffa Darone – known as Jenny – has been married to Napoli ­captain ­Lorenzo Insigne, 30, for nearly ten years.
    Friends since childhood, the couple started dating while Lorenzo played for Pescara in Italy.
    Their whirlwind romance saw the ­couple get engaged seven months later, before enjoying an elaborate ­wedding in their Naples hometown in 2012.
    An arts graduate and former saleswoman, ­dazzling Genoveffa, 28, now dedicates her time to looking after their children Carmine, eight, and six-year-old Christian.
    Singer and songwriter
    Catherine Harding faces split loyalties between England and ItalyCredit: Mega
    BRITISH singer Catherine Harding will have to pick her side tomorrow as boyfriend Jorginho’s team battles England for the big prize.
    Born in Enfield, North London, Catherine rose to fame after reaching the knockout stages of ITV’s The Voice last year.
    Her ­mercurial rendition of I Put A Spell On You captivated judges in the blind auditions and won her a dedicated fan base in Britain.
    Spending much of her life in Ireland, Catherine, 30, also shared a fleeting romance with actor Jude Law and in 2015 gave birth to his fifth child, daughter Ada, now six.
    Catherina is loved up with Chelsea midfielder JorginhoCredit: Getty
    A few years later, Catherine and Jorginho quietly coupled up after the footballer split from his wife ­Natalia Lefteri.
    Catherine gave birth to the couple’s son last September, sharing a snap on Instagram of Jax’s tiny feet and the caption, “How crazy life is and how wonderful.”
    The singer’s latest flame has clearly fuelled her imagination, as Catherine admitted she has written “a lot of love songs, especially last year”.
    When announcing her pregnancy, she said: “I entered into a new relationship and that definitely gave me loads of creativity and inspiration.”
    Italian midfielder Jorginho, 29, will be counting on ­Catherine’s support for Italy tomorrow as his team take on the formidable England team.
    Born Jorge Luiz Frello Filho in Brazil, he moved to Italy aged 15, later choosing to play for the country.
    The Chelsea player has boosted Italy’s performance in this year’s Euros with his clever positioning and swift passing.
    Women’s right’s advocate
    Clarissa ­Franchi is a passionate campaigner of women’s rights
    Giovanni Di Lorenzo has been with Clarissa since 2013Credit: AFP
    THE long-term partner of defender Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Clarissa ­Franchi lives in Naples with the football star and their year-old daughter Azzurra.
    They have been together since 2013, when Di ­Lorenzo, 27, began playing for a club in Reggio Calabria, but are not married.
    A passionate campaigner of women’s rights, Clarissa, 26, works on the WeWorld campaign with Italian football league Serie A to end violence against women.
    London based mum
    Thaiany Xavier hails from Brazil and not ItalyCredit: thaixavier_/instagram
    LIKE her Chelsea player boyfriend Emerson Palmieri, London-based Thaiany Xavier, 27, is originally from Brazil.
    Defender Emerson, 26, has been drafted into Roberto Mancini’s side since Leonardo Spinazzola’s achilles injury in Italy’s quarter-final Euros match with Belgium.
    Chelsea defender Emerson helps Thaiany live a life of luxuryCredit: Rex
    Thaiany regularly shares snaps of her glitzy London life with her 62,100 followers on Instagram.
    In May, she cheered on her man at Stamford Bridge as the Champions League final saw Chelsea beat Man City 1-0. She posted in her native tongue: “What a joy to be part of this very special moment in your life my love @emerson palmieri.”
    Thaiany, who has a daughter from a previous relationship, had a son with Emerson in 2018.
    While she wears a ­diamond ring on her left hand, the couple have not confirmed if they married.
    In a recent picture of Thaiany’s birthday party, Emerson gush­ed: “You deserve the world, my girl, my woman. I love you so much.”
    Digital marketing expert
    Thessa Lacovich is dating rising star Manuel LocatelliCredit: Thessa Lacovich Instagram
    COSTA Rican Thessa Lacovich has been rooting for her boyfriend, midfielder Manuel ­Locatelli, throughout the tournament.
    Sharing a shot of the 23-year-old Italian hunk on her social media, the hazel-haired beauty celebrated her boyfriend’s long-range goal in their early match against Switzerland.
    Locattelli has been one of Italy’s best players at Euro 2020Credit: Getty
    Thessa, 23, who has a masters degree in digital communications strategy, is a digital marketing specialist who moved to Italy to study.
    The pair began dating aged 19.
    Sports scientist
    Brainy Federica Schievenin is studying sports scienceCredit: Federica Schievenin Instagram
    AFTER their semi-final with Spain went to penalties, midfielder Nicolo Barella scored a vital goal, helping secure Italy’s spot in the coveted Euros final.
    But off the pitch, the 24-year-old is supported by his wife Federica Schievenin, 31, who studies sports science, and their daughters Rebecca, four, Lavinia, two, and five-month-old ­Matilde.
    The tight-knit couple were childhood sweethearts and tied the knot in 2017 at the picturesque royal Villa d’Orri in Sardinia.
    Nico Barella has two daughters with FedericaCredit: Getty

    Model and influencer
    Benedetta Quagli is five years older than boyfriend Federico ChiesaCredit: Benedetta Quagli Instagram
    BENEDETTA Quagli has been spotted cheering on her ­boyfriend, rising star Federico ­Chiesa, throughout the Euro 2020 tournament.
    While little is known about the ­elusive brunette, Benedetta and midfielder ­Federico, 23, are thought to have been together for two years – and often jet off for lavish trips abroad when Chiesa is off-duty.
    Boasting 90,000 followers on her Instagram, Benedetta, 28, loves to share shots of her posing on sun-soaked beaches or playing tennis.
    Federico Chiesa has been dating Benedetta for two yearsCredit: Getty
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    Sir Alex Ferguson sits on £26.5million fortune after raking in £5million last year

    SIR Alex Ferguson has seen the value of his personal company rise to more than £17.5million as he raked in £5million last year.The ex-Manchester United boss is still earning Premier League mega money despite retiring eight years ago.
    Sir Alex Ferguson has seen the value of his personal company rise to more than £17.5million as he raked in £5million last yearCredit: PA
    The legendary manager has made millions from book deals, appearances and public speaking since he quit footballCredit: AFP
    Latest books for ACF Sports Promotions, the company Fergie uses for his commercial pay, show his assets rose from £12.5million to £17.5million last year – the equivalent of £100,000 a week.
    The legendary manager,79, has made millions from book deals, appearances and public speaking since he quit football.
    Fergie receives £2m for 20 days a year as a United ambassador and up to £100,000 for the motivational speeches that he gives.
    Sir Alex Ferguson lifts the UEFA Champions League trophy after victory in 2008Credit: PA
    Alex Ferguson rallies his Aberdeen players at half time during the Scottish Cup Final in 1982Credit: Getty

    His autobiography has sold more than one million copies.
    In total, Fergie has £26.5m assets in his firms registered at Companies House – up from £21million last year.
    Assets in three other companies – Damaja 1983, 1991 and 1999 – named after the years Fergie led his Manchester United and Aberdeen teams to European trophies – rose £500,000 to £9million.
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