A brief history of minor Premier League players taking photos of obscene sums of cash
Phil Bardsley finally returned to the Burnley starting XI on the weekend, which seems like a nice, flimsy excuse to dig out this old snap of him lying on a casino floor covered in £50 notes.
This was during the 2012/13 Premier League campaign, a golden era for stars flashing their cash for the cameras.
In that same season, three other players appeared in similar pics.
In December, West Brom’s Liam Ridgewell was snapped wiping his arse with £20 notes. He later explained it was a gag to “wind up a friend who lost a bet”.
One month later, then-Newcastle striker Nile Ranger spelled out his name in 20 bob notes and posted a photo on Instagram. He was arrested on another matter later that day.
And finally, here’s former Aston Villa keeper Matthew Ghent, who stuck this up on Facebook in early 2013.
