Odds and Sods

How does one tip a manservant?  It is not a question most of you will encounter, unless, of course, you are a Premier League footballer.  Soccer players often opt for a game-worn jersey, a pair of shoes or a few hundreds discreetly slipped into the palm as gifts for their boot boys, but not Olivier Kapo.

Searching for an end of season gift, the Birmingham City midfielder tossed his boot-boy, 20-year-old James McPike the keys to his $60,000 Mercedes.  When told the youngster, an apprentice player earning about $600 a week, could not afford the insurance, he threw that in as well.  Kapo, who earns roughly $3 million per season, will presumably rely on his Porsche and Hummer for transportation.

Pimple-faced youth players throughout England will hope that–like prostitutes, Aston Martins and skinny jeans–obscene generosity to boot boys will become the next great footballer trend.

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