There are a good few far bigger earners than footballers in this country, rarely do they get the grief footballers do. It is not a footballers fault that their employers, at the top end, are flush with money. They, like anyone else, do the best they can, to earn what they can. The real problem is how football is structured. Sky and the greed of the Premier league and its members are to blame in this country. Footballers are traded as a commodity but get rewarded well if they perform to expectation, their stock rises and falls based on their dedication and talent. Some never get the big bucks, some get lucky and steal a living (Rudy) some get fortunes from day 1.
How they spend their money is their business, if we had their money we would all have posh houses, exotic holidays and model wives. Most people live their lives to the level of income a lifestyle can afford. The fact they are young, in the public eye, the paparazzi will be all over them looking for the money snap. They will find privacy hard to come by. Jealous numbnuts will always try to wind them up in clubs, restaurants, just walking down the street. They pay huge amounts in tax that helps keeps our tax rates down. The real issue is not how they spend it, it is how they conduct themselves in doing so, some are brighter than others in self conduct.