Melanie Slade – The Latest “Footballer’s Wife”
Melanie Slade is the female friend of Arsenal footballer Theo Walcott and the modern day addition to the factual Footballers Wives stable. She first met the England squad member outside the store in which she labored at West Quay shopping mall in Southampton. Melanie was open air with a basket in her hand while Walcott’s friend announced “the basket is for cell numbers”.
Walcott said they're not a normal “footballer couple” and could no longer allow the media consideration influence them. He mentioned: “We haven’t been to any footballer events at all. We’re not people that desire to get together.”
Walcott has informed the media he and Melanie made a bet as to who may just bypass their using look at various first and Melanie gained, as Theo failed his first test and Melanie passed hers at the 1st time of asking.
There had been no laborious emotions on shedding the wager and Theo spent 20,000 on a white VW Beetle for Melanie, affectionately ordinary via because the ‘Love Bug’. Theo even registered the non-public variety plate T4M symbolising ‘Theo for Melanie’ for his lady friend.
Melanie shot into the media limelight while 17-year-historical boyfriend Theo become a surprise determination for Englands 2006 FIFA World Cup squad even supposing he had not featured in club Arsenals Premiership marketing campaign and supervisor Sven Goran-Eriksson hadnt observed him play.
Melanie has on the grounds that transform a organization tabloid commonplace and there has been little shock while in May, a superior UK tabloid newspaper reportedly furnished her 160,000 for a topless graphic shoot. She permitted the provide and looked topless inside the newspaper even though she did shield her modesty through protecting up with her arms.
She is utilizing her new discovered repute to help the 2006 Race for Life tournament organised through Cancer Research UK but has also requested for privacy when she revises for her exams.
Melanie is also the daughter of a now locally in demand guy. Her father, John Slade, not too long ago grew to be the 784th mayor of Southampton at a rite on the city’s Guild Hall.However, she ignored the rite as she had jetted off to Portugal to sign up for Theos World Cup preparations.
Melanie has pronounced she will be able to not make any in addition decisions about the various media gives she has won until after the World Cup, although she will be a everlasting fixture in print and on monitor over the next twelve months.