He could buy a very smart house every month ... for as long as he was on the books.
It could be said that such players do provide a lure in terms of getting spectators through the gates so to a degree the clubs get something back.
And of course the hotshot players are like anyone embroiled at top level sport - when they start edging toward their mid-30s it is getting to the stage where they have to begin considering what's around the corner.
They have to go do something else.
I guess they could go into real estate ... like start selling the 14 houses they bought through those glory years.
But hey, if they entertain and fill the stadiums and produce near-miracle crosses into the area then why not?
Like the time David Beckham arrived out here to play.
He got the turnstiles revolving big-time at the Cake Tin.
Now Becks made a good few bob during his stints at Manchester United, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Paris Saint-Germain and the LA Galaxy so he's not short of a fiver when it comes to putting a bet on when England will win the World Cup ... he can afford to lose it.
In 2013 he was listed as the best paid player in the world having earned $50 million over a 12-month period.
That's not bad.
That's about four jackpotting Powerballs.
So what can you buy with $50 million?
You can buy a motorcycle.
Like a staunchly kitted out Triumph twin (one of the new ones) and you can load it on to a boat and take off to South America for a bit of a thrash.
Which is what Becks, who is now 39 and retired from the game, decided would be a splendid idea, as long as he got a few of his mates to tag along.
Not a bad sort of a retirement jaunt.
Of course where Becks goes so does the spotlight and before you could say "the gear shift is on the left mate" the film production chaps were on the phone asking if they could go along as well.
Although I suspect the idea to send four chaps through the Amazon rainforest on motorcycles to meet up with an isolated tribe of Indians and try to teach them to play football came from some enthusiastic and adventurous producer.
It is an intriguing concept and, to his credit, Becks embraced it by all accounts.
They pushed the bikes hard. They got them dirty and they had their moments, and I can see the Triumph copywriters anticipating (hoping) the star of the show would tumble from his bike at some stage.
"Bend it like Beckham" they would declare on brochures for the dual-purpose Triumph Scrambler 865.
Although I think he uses a dirt-trail modified Bonneville for this outing that screens on Saturday night.
• Into the Unknown, Prime at 8.30pm, Saturday: Like actor Ewan McGregor, David Beckham has a soft spot for motorcycles and when the chance arises to put in some adventurous distance on one he can't say no. Here, the man who has won the FA Cup twice and his chums ride deep into the Amazon lands, although only after playing a game of beach football in Rio.
The terrain they ride through is as challenging as it is spectacular and no, the lads were not afraid of getting dirty.
