WAGS

This post is about the WAGS. Before any sick or inappropriate fantasies come to mind WAGS generally refer to the "Wives and Girlfriends" of the famous soccer players though its generally used for those of the English players. While most of the players stole most of the limelight during the World Cup, their partners never seemed to fade with news of their extravagant shopping sprees to their not very decent behaviour around Germany.

As quoted in the English tabloids, "Victoria Beckham and the other England World Cup 'WAGS' (wives and girlfriends) stormed the luxury boutiques of Baden-Baden at the weekend, spending 80,000 euros ($101,000 dollars) in one hour. Six of the women who joined the English side in the upscale resort town, including the former Spice Girl (wife of David Beckham) and girlfriends Coleen McLoughlin (Wayne Rooney), Melanie Slade (Theo Walcott), Cheryl Tweedy (Ashley Cole) and Nancy Dell'Olio (coach Sven-Goran Eriksson) had gone on a manic shopping spree. 'While their bread-winners trained for the next match on Tuesday, the ladies worked on their shopping endurance'. The women spent 4,395 euros in 10 minutes alone on shoes and T-shirts, with the rest going for creations from Dolce and Gabbana, Prada and Versace, according to the report. "I hope England stays in the competition for a while," delighted boutique owner Monika Scholz was quoted as saying .. extravagant I say. "

Over the whole World Cup period, the WAGS are said to have racked up a staggering £1million holiday bill for their accomadation, over-clubbing and personal needs. One of the group's biggest spenders was Frank Lampard's fiance, Elen Rives who is said to have forked out an impressive £28,607 in addition to her £26,000 hotel room bill. Theo Walcott's 17-year-old girlfriend, Melanie Slade, was the most restrained one spending less than £5,000. Due to a mix-up in the bookings, she was shunted 300 metres down the road in a family run hotel where rooms cost a mere £200 a night.

If this isn't already bad, the WAGS are in talks about starring in a new reality TV show called 'FW Boutique'. The series will pit two teams against each other as they open rival boutiques; the team that has made the biggest profit after three months wins the series. Among those in talks about the show are Wayne Rooney's fiancée Coleen McLoughlin; Steven Gerrard's fiancée Alex Curran; Theo Walcott's girlfriend Melanie Slade; Joe Cole's partner Carly Zucker and Frank Lampard's fiancée Elen Rives. Can't wait for this reality show to hit our shores if it does go into production ..

In a rather recent poll in England, Asley Cole's fiance, Girls Aloud member Chery Tweedy was voted as the 'hottest' surpassing the ever popular Victoria Beckham. A minority of you out there would probably be fantasizing over such extravagant luxuries of life. Many of us would probably reject such crazy antics. Well, England's upcoming manager is going to ban the WAGS from all future football tournaments. Harsh though if you ask me. Whether or not this is true, we'll just have to wait and see probably during the Euro 2008 period.