With Beckham jogging slowly towards retirement, and Freddie Ljungberg no longer quite so fiercely dressed at the weekends, everyone has been going absolutely bananas with worry - where are we going to get our fashion tips from? Damn it, it’s nearly Spring/Summer!

Well, the worry is over people, because Mr Fashion for the next generation of footballers has just stepped up to the plate - Micah Richards. Yeah, that’s him doing his jacket all the way up, and no your eyes aren’t deceiving you, he has a zip and a pocket on those there jeans.

Welcome to our lives, Micah. Now say “Cheese”!

(oh, apparently saying “Cheese” is no longer cool either)

Freddie Ljungberg has always had something of the fashionista about him - as have fellow Premier League players Princess Frank, and of course, the honourable Lord David Beckham - and anyone who remembers him trooping about town in the world’s biggest woolly hat knows that he is disturbingly unselfconscious.

Away from the pitch, footballers are not just sexual artists, they are also fashion icons - the average man on the street looks to them for style tips, which is why when David Beckham decides that his hair should be cut in sharp zany angles, so does the rest of middle England.

And so to the latest style trend, which came bounding out of Nobu restaurant in the week, as showcased by both Chelsea’s Didier Drogba and Icon magazine’s Monsieur Jamie Redknapp - cringe! Same outfit!