Everton ace Wayne Rooney faces £185,000 bill to insure flashy motors after drink-drive shame
WAYNE Rooney faces a £185,000 car insurance bill after his drink-drive bust.
Premiums could go up 20 per cent on each of his luxury motors.
The Everton striker, 31, is banned from driving for two years after being caught at nearly three times the limit in a car with party girl Laura Simpson.
The ace was driven from training in his £150,000 Range Rover Overfinch.
He also owns a £250,000 Bentley Continental GT, £100,000 BMW i8, £50,000 Audi SQ7m and is buying a £350,000 Lamborghini Aventador.
A luxury car insurance expert said: “It’s going to cost him.”
“Players are high risk. The profession of a Premier League footballer has an extremely high rate of convictions, accidents, speeding tickets and thefts compared to other occupations.
“Someone with a drink-driving conviction could end having to pay between ten and 20 per cent of the value of the car – with an excess of up to £30,000. The cost is astronomical.
“But everything is possible, if your pockets are deep enough like Rooney’s.”
A spokesman for insurance firm Elephant said: “Professional footballers are the drivers most likely to have points on their driving license for committing offenses such as speeding, running red lights and using a phone whilst driving.
“After consulting data from more than over three million motorists in the UK, research showed that almost a third of football players have points on their license.”
