On the pitch they’re fearless, but these football heroes share some bizarre phobias that scares the B’jesus out of them.
Whether it’s a fear of cats, frogs, flying and even cuddly TV alien Alf, these top-class athletes frighten easily.
But which one of these well-paid superstars is scared of what?
Wayne Rooney
The former Man United ace must’ve had the hairdryer treatment from Sir Alex Ferguson every now and again.
But hot noise is something he’s very use to.
Rooney is scared of silence, and when he sleeps he loves to have a hairdryer, a hoover or a fan on in the background while drifting off.
That’s certainly an original way of catching some zzz’s.
Olivier Giroud
His goals from the bench have saved Arsenal numerous times, and his fear is fictional, outer-worldly and frankly irrational. For Olivier, 80s TV alien Alf was a real fright.
He explained :”This is so funny, but my brothers are older than me – I was the youngest, and they used to tease me about a kids TV character called Alf.
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“Alf the Alien, my God he was so ugly and I was so scared of him.
“My brothers used to say, ‘Be careful, Alf is going to get you tonight!’ They went too far with it!”
Dennis Bergkamp
The Non-Flying Dutchman… Dennis famously wouldn’t get on planes for european games because he was scared of flying.
It all stemmed from an incident with the Dutch national team when Dennis was flying with the Netherlands in the 1994 World Cup.
When an engine of the plane cut out during the flight, his fears began.
From then on he took trains and buses everywhere he went with Arsenal.
Phil Jones
The Man United defender is not only incredibly superstitious, but he also suffers from a strange phobia.
Our Phil doesn’t like being elevated, but that’s nothing to do with a modest demeanor… he’s actually scared of foreign lifts!
He said: “When I go abroad, I can’t go in lifts, I don’t mind it in England, but I can’t do it when I go away.
“When I was young we went away on holiday to Greece and we got stuck in a lift for a few hours.
“It was horrible. I felt so claustrophobic.”
David Beckham
When England legend Becks went on a trip to the Amazon rainforest for a BBC documentary, he let slip of one his fears.
He revealed during the show: “I’m not a big frog fan. I can’t lie.”
Then, speaking about one time he encountered a scary frog, he explained: “It was orange. We were told it was dangerous.
“I was a little bit nervous about that.”
Matt Holland
Footballer turned pundit Matt is scared of cats! Well, he’s scared of all animals really.
He explains: “I am scared of most animals and won’t have cats or dogs in the house.”
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However, there’s one animal that Matt can get behind.
He added: “But I really enjoy horses.” Someone get the man some stables.
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