Publisher's Synopsis
Many players have notable careers, but even some of the biggest names' careers are eclipsed by their extremely successful partners Footballers often make headlines for their exploits off the field as well as on the field, but despite their celebrity are often outshone by their more talented and more famous wives and girlfriends. Although the players may be famous, many of their partners are even more well known than their husbands. There are also many power couples such as David and Victoria Beckham, who both have similar net worths thanks to their huge business empires. Bastian Schweinsteiger is a World Cup winner with Germany, but his wife Ana Ivanovic is a former French Open winner and world number one in tennis. In 2006, the term Wives and Girlfriends or WAGs for short really came to prominence during the build-up to the World Cup. The partners of the England football team received as much press as the players themselves, with Ashley Cole's wife Cheryl Cole, Victoria Beckham and Coleen Rooney regularly on the front pages of the tabloids. We investigate who are the world's most famous WAGs and what are their occupations
