Derby “saviour” narrowly avoids a fine for parading excessively showy motor

As a team desperately attempting to claw back some dignity from this season by at least finishing with points in double figures, times are hard at Derby County. Things weren’t helped this week when their preening new midfielder Robbie Savage rolled up to training in his brand new £160k Mercedes. Players and staff who face cutbacks and unemployment in the coming months as Derby return to a Championship budget failed to gasp in wonder at Savage’s good fortune.
When Sunderland were relegated in 2003, Michael Gray was stripped of two weeks’ wages and the captaincy after showing up to training in a Ferrari. Surprisingly, Savage, who also owns a Bentley, a Range Rover and a Lamborghini, has escaped criticism for his grotesque, loads-a-money gesture

Don’t worry - he’s getting the seats in his Bentley re-stitched

These days, the biggest problem for a Premiership star when relocating isn’t changing the kid’s schools, selling up the home or even dealing with the impossibly inefficient staff at BT. Sorting out grotesquely-personalised tat must come first.

Following his whopping £1.5m move to Derby, Robbie Savage has announced that he has already made plans to remove the ‘No8’ stitching from the seats of his Bentley. To show commitment to his new club and his unquestionable vanity, the man