Footballers Who Look Like Soap Stars

Dan Fitch looks at the football personalities who are on our television so often that you'd swear they were soap stars.

Increasingly football seems to be coming a soap opera. The media pumps out regular installments, allowing us to follow footballers' ups and downs, as we root for our favourites and wish misfortune upon the characters we love to hate.

In fact, football is becoming so much of a soap opera that many players are starting to look like soap stars. Here's our alternative soap cast.

Phil from Eastenders played by Brad Friedel

Ailsa from Home & Away played by Mark Hughes

Blanche from Coronation Street played by Arsene Wenger

David from Emmerdale played by David Beckham

Harold from Neighbours played by Lars Lagerback

Vernon from Coronation Street played by Mauro Camoranesi

Jordan from Eastenders played by Ryan Babel

Stan from Coronation Street played by Avram Grant

Aaron from Emmerdale played by Ben Foster

Heather from Eastenders played by Lionel Messi

Emily from Emmerdale played by Luka Modric

Lloyd from Coronation Street played by Ronaldo

Dot from Eastenders played by Gary Neville

Published: 25 Mar 2011

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