As a professional football player you will no doubt be aware that you’re in a very privileged position, or at least you are whilst you are playing!

Most football players fail to realise that if you start playing at age 20 and finish when you are 35, you will have a grand total of only 180 monthly pay dates. When this happens you will have 20 further years until you reach the age of 55, when you can officially draw on your pension scheme.

What will you use as income for the 20 years between the ages of 35 and 55 yrs?

There are numerous well documented cases of players who struggle financially when they stop playing. Some have become involved in building property portfolios, only to find that the properties remain vacant, with no rental income. In the current climate there are no buyers, if these potential investors need to liquidate their investment to get money to live off.

Be aware that the number of players who leave football and go on to who are able to secure work within football as sports commentators, coaches or managers are very small.

A large majority of players end up going back to trades they may have had pre-football, painting and decorating, electricians or in one notable case running a children’s nursery with his wife!

If you want to avoid having to be forced back into the general workplace to make ends meet, you need to start planning for the time when you leave the game, NOW!

The earlier you start the better, a reasonable amount saved each month in your early career is normally much more affordable than having to panic and invest in high risk strategies in the latter part of your playing days. You may get it wrong and end up worse off than when you started!

Our services are designed to give you the best possible chances of success. We don’t condone high risk, ‘winner takes all’ type arrangements, we have seen too many go wrong. We do not recommend all your money be tied up in any one area, (like property), it seems a great idea at the time, but for the reasons mentioned earlier, there are pitfalls you need to be made aware of.

We do recommend a balanced approach to your investments and your pensions. If you want property, we have vetted some great opportunities which are carefully chosen by us to represent great value for money and for which we have had prior knowledge of the vendors. By taking our recommendations you can be assured you are buying from a trusted source.

We will be happy to discuss with you and your representatives all your needs and goals, with our help and advice you can be assured the greatest possible levels of service and discretion.