Football’s most cringey adverts revealed from Southgate at Pizza Hut to Messi flogging face cream & Beckham’s Sharpies

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THEY are often accused of hamming it up on the football pitch.

But the game’s top stars can be just as bad off it – you only need to look at former Man United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel, who dressed up as a butcher and played an accordion to advertise Danish bacon.

a man with a beard is screaming with his mouth wide open

We look back at the footie stars who have flogged everything[/caption]

And he is not the only ace with a side hustle in cringey commercials.

Nadia Cohen looks back at the footie stars who have flogged everything, from tomato juice to pens . . .

KEVIN KEEGAN – Sugar Puffs

a man is holding a box of cheetos next to a trophy .

MAN U’S RYAN GIGGS & ROBIN VAN PERSIE – Tomato juice (it’s red, geddit?)

a man wearing a red shirt with aon on it

GARETH SOUTHGATE – Pizza Hut

a man wearing a paper bag on his head is eating pizza

PETER SCHMEICHEL – Danepak bacon

a man in a chef 's hat and apron is standing in a kitchen

DAVID BECKHAM – Sharpies

a man in a plaid shirt is standing next to a woman holding a pen .

RONALDO – Japanese ‘facial fitness’ gizmo

a man wearing a blue nike shirt is holding a black object

JIMMY BULLARD – Wash & Go

a young man is holding a bottle of shampoo in front of a locker .

JOHN BARNES – Just Eat

a woman is kissing a man on the cheek .

HARRY KANE – 3Bears porridge

a man in a red shirt sits at a table with scissors and a cup with a soccer ball on it

LIONEL MESSI – Japanese face cream

a man with shaving foam on his face next to another man with shaving foam on his face

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