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In-demand David was snapped up by Spanish giants Real Madrid for a cool £25 million in 2003 – and, naturally, the whole clan upped and moved to the Spanish capital.

"It's been very hard finding a house," said Victoria, who was keen to avoid the typical outlandish footballers’ trappings and find a family home.

"You should have seen some of the houses that we saw when we first came out. They were so Hollywood, they had lifts and discos and cinemas and I don't want anything like that,

"I want something that's a nice size so that, when I'm on my own with the children, I'm not going to feel scared."

They started off in the the sprawling property above, in the La Florida area, before finally moving to upmarket suburb La Moraleja.