How Football Players Spent Their FIRST Check....

From gold hummers to flavoured milk bottles, here's everything footballers spent their first paycheck on. Quickly getting into it, and we have to be fast to keep up with Hector Ballerín. The former Barcelona and Arsenal right-back said he rushed to join his teammates Gucci and Louis Vuitton washbag collections as soon as he got his first paycheck. To be fair to the Spaniard, he was only 16 when he was moved from Barcelona to Arsenal, so he was probably feeling the pressure to fit in. Don't feel too bad for him though. He had a good enough time once the money started rolling in, and earns up to 100,000 euros a week now. He said the first major purchase he splashed out on was a Mercedes S63, which was another thing he'd seen his teammates have around. Clearly, the guy just wants to fit in. Barcelona is often painted as the opposite of Real Madrid, and if Sergio Ramos' first purchase and his old affiliation is anything to go by, then that comparison sounds about right. Winners of the VIP experience with the Spanish national team asked Sergio Ramos precisely what he did with his first chunk of cash, and his answer was more sentimental than what we were expecting. He remembered with a smile, The first money that I received was spent on a kitchen and a bathroom for my grandmother. I told her, the day I'm a footballer, I'll purchase them for you. Talk about heartwarming. That brings us to Xavi, who did something similar with his first paycheck. Arguably the greatest midfielder of all time, Xavi confessed he didn't spend his first check on an expensive house or a luxury car. He instead ran to an electrical appliance store and bought his mother a toaster. Yes, you heard that right. According to Xavi, he promised his mother he'd get her a toaster when he became a footballer and claims it was a sentimental gift. You might think the more prestigious the player is, the more extravagant their purchases are, but Cristiano Ronaldo, like Xavi, proves that's not always true. With all those trophies he's earned, your first thought might be that he's always had a taste for flashy things, but his first paycheck showed the exact opposite. His first earnings, which were just a meager $50, were spent as responsibly as possible. In an interview, he said that the first chunk of change paid for my school books, and the leftovers also went to help out his school. Not many kids have the kind of discipline to make such a decision, and at such a young age too. He stayed humble as his earnings increased too. When Sporting CP started paying him the big bucks after seeing how much potential he had, he gave enough to his mom so that she'd never have to work again. Looks like her years of supporting him to be so hardworking at school and on the football field paid off big time. Because they are such big superstars now, people often forget that these people come from some of the toughest backgrounds in the world. While Ronaldo struggled to even get his hands on school books, his former teammate Casemiro came from a family that couldn't even afford the dairy drinks he eventually got the chance to treat himself to. It turns out that buying a truckload of them was one of the first purchases he made with his first paycheck. Since he's become a superstar, he's even admitted that when he goes home, he can't resist chugging the former luxuries, despite the fact that they make the fitness coaches unhappy. Even if they're not the healthiest choice, they still symbolize to him how far he's come since the days that his family couldn't afford such a small treat. But maybe such behavior is what you'd expect from a defensive, sensible player like Casemiro. What happens when someone who's addicted to stepovers and fancy tricks gets their hands on some spare cash? Arda Turan is probably one of the most flamboyant players to ever grace the game. The former Atletico Madrid attacking midfielder used to embarrass La Liga defenders for fun with his sick skills. So what do you reckon? He went out on all flashy jewelry or a showy car? It seems Turan leaves the flexing for the pitch and takes things more seriously when he's not playing the serious game. His first paycheck went straight to helping out his dad in Turkey, buying the man who brought him up some land in Istanbul with a petrol station. Brings a whole new meaning to a speedy winger putting their foot on the gas. The sweet gestures just do not stop. 23-year-old Diogo Dalo is seeing consistent game time in Manchester United under new management. He moved to Old Trafford from Porto for 19 million in 2018, despite having made just eight senior appearances for the Portuguese side. You'd think that a younger player would do something extravagant when they receive their first paycheck. Nope, not Diogo Dalo. Before joining Porto's academy at the age of nine, he played for a club in Braga called Fintas. Dalo holds Fintas near and dear to his heart, so much so that he bought his childhood club a minibus as soon as he got his first paycheck. If this next purchase is anything to go by, it's that footballers have become quite wise with their money. When Edison Cavani got his first paycheck, he instantly looked to invest it in real estate. He is known to have acquired some properties in the Uruguayan city of Salto and 1,376 hectares of land for 5.5 million close to the Arepe River when the payday came. Chances are he's grown his empire since then. The next footballer was not as financially responsible as Cavani when it came to his first paycheck. What did he spend it on? A gold Hummer H2, and it cost him over 100,000 euros. Talk about flashy. And he didn't stop there, he eventually found the Wanda to his vision when he married his wife who's quite the big car enthusiast as well. Together, the couple owns a car collection amounting to over 700,000 euros, and it is no joke. It includes a Rolls Royce Ghost, a Bentley Bentayga and a Lamborghini Huracan Spyder. Just to name a few. Icardi's 100,000 euro purchase doesn't even come close to Sergio Aguero's. After his move to Manchester City from Atletico Madrid, Aguero treated himself with quite a beast of a supercar. We're talking about a Lamborghini Aventador that Aguero spent a sweet 1.5 million dollars on. You're probably thinking, so what? He gets paid enough, but the kicker comes from the fact that he hasn't even used it. I don't even know why I bought it. It must have done about 1200 kilometers. I've barely used it, said the player. While talking about his purchase, he even admitted that the car now has cobwebs all over it. Most of us can only dream about owning such a supercar, but for Aguero, having one is simply an afterthought.