Melanie Slade – The Latest “Footballer’s Wife”
Melanie Slade is the female friend of Arsenal footballer Theo Walcott and the recent addition to the precise Footballers Wives good. She first met the England squad member exterior the shop in which she labored at West Quay shopping center in Southampton. Melanie turned into outdoors with a basket in her hand while Walcott’s loved one introduced “the basket is for phone numbers”.
Cheeky Theo scribbled his cellphone range on a scrap of paper and tossed it into Mels basket and his chum did the same. The romance had started and Melanie Slade and Theo Walcott have been an merchandise ever when you consider that.
Walcott stated they're no longer a typical “footballer couple” and may now not allow the media interest impact them. He talked about: “We haven’t been to any footballer parties at all. We’re no longer people who love to get together.”
Walcott has advised the media he and Melanie made a wager as to who could pass their driving attempt first and Melanie received, as Theo failed his first examine and Melanie passed hers at the 1st time of asking.
There were no exhausting feelings on wasting the bet and Theo spent 20,000 on a white VW Beetle for Melanie, affectionately common 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-yr-previous boyfriend Theo grew to be a shock variety for Englands 2006 FIFA World Cup squad even supposing he had no longer featured in membership Arsenals Premiership campaign and supervisor Sven Goran-Eriksson hadnt considered him play.
Melanie has seeing that become a company tabloid customary and there has been little wonder while in May, a prime UK tabloid newspaper reportedly presented her 160,000 for a topless graphic shoot. She general the offer and regarded topless in the newspaper however she did shelter her modesty by using overlaying up together with her hands.
Melanie also is the daughter of a now in the neighborhood widespread guy. Her father, John Slade, not too long ago was the 784th mayor of Southampton at a ceremony on the city’s Guild Hall.However, she missed the ceremony as she had jetted off to Portugal to enroll in Theos World Cup arrangements.
Melanie has acknowledged she will now not make any additional decisions approximately the different media grants she has acquired till after the World Cup, while she is perhaps a everlasting fixture in print and on reveal over the following three hundred and sixty five days.