CHELSEA star Thiago Silva tops up his £95,000-a-week pay packet by charging fans £300 for video messages.
He is paid to send greetings such as “happy birthday” — and his fee for a business is £11,250.
The Brazilian veteran is on messaging site Cameo but footie fans hit out yesterday, with Martin Chardy telling The Sun: “How is earning £95,000-a-week not enough for him? What a joke.”
Referring to Chelsea’s oligarch owner, he added: “If he’s that desperate for money, perhaps he should ask Roman Abramovich for some Russian roubles before he quits.”
Hordes of other fans poked fun at the defender, 37, online.
But a satisfied customer said in a review: “Thank you so much, I love you. You’re the best player I have seen to wear the Chelsea top.”
Chelsea team-mate and Italian international Jorginho, 30, is also on the site, charging £123-a-pop.
Ex-stars are in on the action too. Fans can get a message from Match of the Day pundit Danny Murphy for £62.
Former footie hardman turned film star Vinnie Jones tops the money table by charging £249.
vobbcdip
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I'd rather pay the £300 for a birthday message from Silva than spend it on buying Maguire[Crylaugh]
DinAli316
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Thiago Silva: It's not personal, it's just business.
bluebloods
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He’s not forcing any one to do it, people pay because the want to hear a star personally , what’s wrong with that, I don’t see people screaming at only fans girls for wanting more money when the already have jobs or people for buying fifa for £50 when efootball is free, it’s all free choice, let people buy what they want. If I had the money, I’d pay him to surprise my brother on his birthday because we’re bother huge Chelsea supporters. There’s nothing wrong with that “unless he price is kinda ridiculous”
Nizwest
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Sometimes a chargeable fee is for crowd control, he is happy to do it but how many people would be asking him if he was doing it for free? Those who really want it won't have a problem with paying. He definitely would have thousands waiting in line it it was for free and in the end won't even serve the ones that really need it. These people donated to charities and orphanages so you really can't call them greedy