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Robbie Savage tried to use his wife’s passport to board plane

Football panto villain gets odd looks from passport control…

Crown The Spoiler a 21st century prophet. Yesterday, we opined that professional footballers were now so girly, they’d eventually become indistinguishable from the fairer sex. Less than a day later, and The Sun reports Robbie Savage had to miss a flight with Derby County after mistaking his wife’s passport for his own. Nostradamus ain’t got s**t on us.

The Rams were jetting off on a 4am flight to Amsterdam, for last night’s friendly against ADO Den Haag (which they lost 1-0). On discovering his new passport photo flattered him immensely, Savage had to dash back home whilst staff waited on standby to check him into an afternoon flight:

“I offered to shave my beard and put on some make-up and then I’d have looked like my missus! What worries me slightly is that when I suggested it, some said I might get away with it!

We doubt it, Robbie. The Welsh midfielder made it to the ground minutes before kick-off, but had to settle with starting on the subs bench.

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