David Beckham is British football's richest player, according to a new poll. The former England captain, now with Real Madrid, and his wife, Victoria, have a combined wealth of £87 million.

Beckham's wealth is almost three times that of the next-richest player, Michael Owen, who is worth £32 million.

Robbie Fowler has amassed £28m, followed by Sol Campbell (£27m), Rio Ferdinand, Ryan Giggs and Andriy Shevchenko (all £22m).

Beckham earns £4.4 million per season at Real Madrid and has a number of lucrative sponsorship deals that earned him £19 million last year.

The Beckhams' title as wealthiest footballer and partner could be threatened in the future by Manchester United and England striker Wayne Rooney and his fiancee, Coleen McLoughlin, who have seen their wealth rise from £6 million to £20 million.

Roman Abramovich is comfortably the richest investor in British football, with a fortune of £10.8 billion.

Despite his enormous wealth, Abramovich is only the second-richest man in Britain; steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal is worth an estimated £13.2 billion.

After Abramovich the next-richest investors in British football are Spurs stakeholder Joe Lewis (£2.1 billion) and Celtic shareholder Dermot Desmond (£1.25 billion), according to the survey in FourFourTwomagazine.

The Rich Lists

INVESTORS

R Abramovich(Chelsea) £10.8bn

J Lewis(Spurs) £2.1bn

D Desmond(Celtic) £1.25bn

M Glazer (Man Utd) £1.05bn

T Hemmings(Charlton, Preston) £900m

A Sugar(Spurs) £790m

R Lerner(Villa) £789m

D Murray(Rangers) £650m

S Keswick, family(Cheltenham) £644m

D Sullivan(Birmingham) £595m

PLAYERS

David Beckham£87m

Michael Owen£32m

Robbie Fowler£28m

Sol Campbell£27m

Rio Ferdinand£22m

Ryan Giggs£22m

Andriy Shevchenko£22m

Thierry Henry£21m

Wayne Rooney£20m

Michael Ballack£18m