Having paid a king's ransom to watch some of the most ghastly people in the world kick a ball about, people kid themselves that the team they are cheering for are something more than a motley collection of briefly hired mercenaries who owe allegiance to nothing whatsoever other than their agents and their bank balances!
Jeez. In view of the latest round of revelations about Ryan Giggs colourful private life - namely the fact that he has allegedly been shagging his brother Rhodri's wife senseless for the past eight years - the horny Welsh winger must be now regretting this advertisement, even if it was a piece of commendable work for a South African sexual health organization.
Promoting AIDS checks, Giggs urges the audience to not be a man who is afraid to get himself checked.
But, here is the rub; the 37-year-old signs off with the line: ‘I’m Ryan Giggs – and I support Brothers for Life.’
You couldn't make it up!
The whole sordid saga of Giggs' affair with his sister-in-law Natasha, comes hot on the heels of national news headlines regarding an affair with former Big Brother housemate Imogen Thomas, and an ensuing 'gagging order' placed on the British press.
With Giggs' clean-living 'family man' image in tatters, he faces the prospect of losing several hugely-lucrative endorsement deals with the likes of watch firms Sovil et Titus, Patek Philippe, Cyma, and Citizen; as well as Citroen cars, electronics giants Fuji and French fashion house Givenchy.
Giggs - known for his love of buying cars - is believed to be worth approximately £34 million, largely on the back of a 20 year association with Reebok which is believed to have netted him around £20 million.
