| The Footy Boots Top 10 Bling list shows the players | | | | 5. Djibril Cissé - A Bling of Many Colours |
| who like their football boots to be like their cars, | | | | Mis-firing striker Cisse when playing for Liverpool, once |
| watches and women: flashy, shiney and bling-tastic! | | | | came out in odd coloured boots. He changed after half |
| Who wears his Bling like a badge of honour and who | | | | time into a matching pair but into lime green football |
| was the original godfather of Bling? Only our list can tell | | | | boots. Known to change his hair colour as easily as his |
| you whose boots exude decadence and wealth - so | | | | football boot colour. Backs up the on the field bling with |
| let the Bling Begin! | | | | his H2 Hummer with Louis Vuitton interior. |
| 10. Lee Dixon - What the Bling Was That? | | | | 4. Francesco Totti - Signor Bling |
| Arsenal defender Dixon picked up a handsome fee | | | | After the World Cup finals, Diadora produced the |
| for wearing Brook's football boots (technically known | | | | Maximus Italia Gold Special Limited Edition football boot, |
| as "wellingtons"), but in his first game wearing them, | | | | an all-gold football boot for the World Cup Winner |
| scored an own goal of exceptional quality as he | | | | which when worn, needs to be viewed behind |
| lobbed his back pass over keeper Seaman from 30 | | | | sunglasses to avoid the excessive glare and shine. |
| yards out. We hope the Bling was worth it. Dixon | | | | 3. George Best - Godfather of Bling |
| proves that sometimes players put da bling-bling | | | | Best was the greatest player of his generation and as |
| before everything! | | | | the first football millionaire, set the standard for the |
| 9. Lionel Messi - The Next Big Bling | | | | modern players in many ways. The Stylo 'George |
| Widely touted as the next Maradona, Messi plays for | | | | Best' football boot looked like a pair of bowling shoes, |
| Barcelona but Inter Milan have rumoured to have | | | | with a white stripe from top to toe on each side. His |
| offered £71 million for a transfer, which could | | | | champagne lifestyle and love of the Bling eventually |
| see his Bling level rise to the Bling of the World! | | | | took over from the football, cutting his career short. |
| 8. Stan Bowles - Lord of the Blings | | | | 2. Ronaldinho - Prince of Bling |
| The maverick player of the seventies, cheekily tried to | | | | Ronaldinho had two special pairs of football boots |
| secure twice the sponsorship money by wearing one | | | | containing eight ounces of 24-carat gold with real |
| Gola football boot and one Adidas football boot for an | | | | 24-carat gold applied to the Nike logo. The football |
| England game against Holland in 1978. The England | | | | boots feature a gold embroidered letter "R" and |
| star enjoyed a rock star lifestyle, blowing upwards of | | | | number 10, the shirt Ronaldinho wears for Barcelona, |
| a quarter of a millions pounds on gambling yet still | | | | while the heel of the football boot is embossed with |
| remains in the public eye as a football pundit and | | | | five gold stars in honour of Brazil's five FIFA World |
| bling-tastic role model. | | | | Cup wins. |
| 7. Alan Ball - Vintage Bling | | | | 1. David Beckham - King of Bling |
| Sixties player who was the first player to wear white | | | | They cost him around £600 per pair and he |
| football boots at the beginning of the 1970/71 season. | | | | wears a new pair every game. Adidas have made |
| They were made by Hummel, but Ball didn't like | | | | only 723 pairs and only in his size. He has even had |
| them..."To be honest lads they were crap, like | | | | feng shui symbols sewn into his football boots in a bid |
| cardboard, so I got the young apprentices to paint my | | | | to improve his football performance. |
| Adidas football boots white. It was great, till one day it | | | | The design which he helped with, is strongly based on |
| rained and the black came through. A not too happy | | | | David's interest in Eastern mystic culture, saying "I'm |
| watching Hummel rep saw what I'd done so I said | | | | very proud to wear these football boots because they |
| goodbye to the two grand." | | | | represent the idea of yin and yang." |
| 6. Frank Lampard - Bling Kong! | | | | They are personalised with stitching of the names of |
| Wears personalised Adidas Predator boots with his | | | | his three children, his initials, his favoured number 23 |
| name and team number stitched into them. | | | | and Beckham's printed signature for the ultimate Bling |
| Unconfirmed reports claim this is so Lampard knows | | | | factor. |
| which football boots belongs to him. We can confirm | | | | Beckham put the Bling-Bling into football boots as no |
| that stories that Lampard also has an "L" and an "R" | | | | one has done before and he reigns supreme as the |
| stitched into his football boots are definitely, absolutely, | | | | King of Bling. |
| positively untrue as Frank has known his right from left | | | | All Hail the King of Bling: David Beckham. |
| for several months now. | | | | |