Ditch the WAG culture and find a good, sensible wife, Chelsea boss urges footballers

The manager of one of the wealthiest football clubs in the world has urged his players to ditch the WAG culture of expensive cars and designer clothes in favour of a good, sensible wife.

In a revealing interview in Sportsmail today, Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari criticises the spend, spend, spend mentality of many leading footballers.

And the devout Catholic, who has been married for 33 years to his teenage sweetheart Olga, says the right wife is crucial.

Scolari, 61, said: ‘The best thing for a player in their football life is to have a good wife. If a player has a good wife, you don’t need to worry about him.

'Today, if a player is intelligent they have money for their family for the second generation and even the fifth generation.

'But some players don’t think about this. Some players only think about today, spending money for the day, spending money on a car, nights out and on this and on that.’

His views are supported by former England manager Graham Taylor, who said:

‘People would laugh now, but when I first managed Watford, in the Seventies and Eighties, I used to encourage players I wanted to sign to bring along their wives and families. Sometimes I even negotiated with the wives.’

Source: dailymail.co.uk