World Cup costs fans £150 to say sorry

Chris Wheal

Updated 14 June 2014 at 2:58 am

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Four million UK Football fans will spend £150 each or £605m between them to spoil their partner with gifts and gestures in compensation for watching the World Cup. This is a significant increase from the last World Cup when the average spend in making up was £96, or £260m in total.

The footy fans will spend their hard-earned cash on flowers, restaurant meals, holidays and other peace-offerings to make up for neglecting their other half while watching Rooney and Ronaldo strut their stuff in Rio, research from Santander Credit Cards reveals.

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