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Faiq Bolkiah: The richest footballer in the world playing for Leicester City reserve

His uncle is the Sultan of Brunei, his dad spent £35m in a month and Michael Jackson performed a private concert for him.

Faiq Bolkiah has the world at his feet. A nephew of the Sultan of Brunei, who has a fortune estimated at £15bn, he is the richest young footballer in the world. The youth starlet also once had his own private concert with the King of Pop.

HE’S yet to make his full debut, but he’s already the wealthiest young footballer in the world.

Faiq Bolkiah, 19, is currently on Leicester City’s books, playing reserve football to gain some much-needed match-experience.

GETTY – CONTRIBUTOR: Faiq Bolkiah is the richest young footballer in the world

Rumoured to be interesting EFL Championship leaders Wolves, the dynamic winger is one of the heirs to the Sultan of Brunei’s £15bn fortune.

His dad is Jefri Bolkiah, a brother of the oil tycoon, so that makes Faiq a member of their royal family.

But that hasn’t stopped Faiq from shunning his family’s billions, and is happy to play for Leicester reserves instead,

Let SunSport introduce you to the man who really doesn’t need to work for a living…

INSTAGRAM @FJBOLKIAH: Faiq Bolkiah is the nephew of the Sultan of Brunei

GETTY IMAGES – GETTY: Faiq Bolkiah could have lived in a palace like the Sultan of Brunei

Competition was fierce for him in his youth days…

After playing youth football for AFC Newbury, Faiq signed a 1-year deal with Southampton’s famed youth academy in 2009.

He didn’t quite turn enough heads to secure a full-time contract and went on trial at Arsenal in 2013, playing for the Gunners in the 2013 Lion City Cup.

CHELSEA FC: Faiq Bolkiah was once on Chelsea’s books

GETTY – CONTRIBUTOR: Faiq Bolkiah currently turns out for Leicester City’s reserves

GETTY – CONTRIBUTOR: A Rolls Royce like this could have been a chariot for Faiq Bolkiah instead he plays for Leicester’s reserves

Faiq got himself on the scoresheet in that tournament against a Singapore youth selection.

Alerted to his availability, Chelsea then swooped and offered him a 2-year deal in 2014. But he left Stamford Bridge in December, 2015 to sign for Leicester in a 3-year deal.

He captains his international side…

Despite not playing a professional game in England yet, Faiq has pulled on the international shirt of Brunei 9 times, finding the net once.

GETTY – CONTRIBUTOR: Faiq Bolkiah is captain of the Brunei international football team

Better still, he’s a mainstay in the national team and captained the side in the recent 2017 Aceh World Solidarity Tsunami Cup.

Incidentally, he was born in Los Angeles, so he could’ve represented the United States, but he was loyal to his family.

AFP – GETTY: Faiq Bolkiah was loyal to his family and turned down a chance to play for the US

Faiq’s dad is quite the character…

He may have an innocent demeanour, but his father Jefri Bolkiah was known as the playboy of the Brunei royal family.

INSTAGRAM @FJBOLKIAH: Jefri Bolkiah celebrates his birthday with his son

REX FEATURES: Jefri Bolkiah was the playboy of the Brunei royal family

Jefri reportedly lived quite the life of excess, reportedly blowing around £10bn in 15-years as head of the Brunei Investment agency.

At one point, he was said to be spending £35m a month on cars, watches, erotic white gold pens and up to a £1m a hit on karaoke parties with a swarm of beautiful women.

1998 JULIAN PARKER: Faiq Bolkiah might have had an easier life and lived like a prince if he wasn’t a footballer

GETTY – CONTRIBUTOR: Faiq Bolkiah’s cousins enjoy a lavish lifestyle in their own country

Jefri was also believed to have owned 2,300 cars at the height of his wealth, including a fleet of Bentleys, Ferraris and Rolls-Royces.

However, his pride and joy is a yacht inappropriately called ‘Tits’ which had tenders called ‘Nipple 1’ and ‘Nipple 2’.

BIG PICTURES: Faiq Bolkiah stands to inherit a boat called Tits

BIG PICTURES: The Tits has tenders called Nipple 1 and Nipple 2

Jefri wasn’t afraid to embrace erotica either, once commissioning artist J. Seward Johnson to create a £500k sexually-explicit statue of himself and his ex-fiancee.

Amusingly, he once splashed around £5 million on a rug that was woven with gold thread and jewels.

PA:PRESS ASSOCIATION: A £5m rug bought by Jefri Bolkiah

PA:PRESS ASSOCIATION: A set of erotic pens in white gold owned by Jefri Bolkiah

PA:PRESS ASSOCIATION: An erotic watch owned by Jefri Bolkiah made of white gold and platinum

Michael Jackson was on speed dial when he needed him…

Being a rich kid has its perks, especially if you’re Faiq.

When dad Jefri wanted to celebrate his milestone 50th birthday, he also wanted to impress his then 7-year-old son.

GETTY – CONTRIBUTOR: Michael Jackson performed a private concert for Faiq Bolkiah

So what did he do? He only flew in the ‘King of Pop’ Michael Jackson to perform a private concert for him and his family.

Jefri paid Jacko around £12.5 million for the privilege, which was chump change for the Brunei royal family back then.

REUTERS: The privilege of having Michael Jackson perform privately cost Jefri Bolkiah £12.5m

AFP – GETTY: Faiq Bolkiah has shunned a throne like the Sultan of Brunei for a rainy night in Leicester

Making sure Michael was suitably catered for, Jefri also built an entire stadium for the occasion.

But Faiq is determined to shun his riches to make it as a professional footballer…

“I’ve played football since as early as I can remember and from a young age I’ve always enjoyed going out on the field and having the ball at my feet,” he once said in a rare interview.

“My parents have always been supportive in helping me to achieve my dreams of being a footballer.

“They trained me hard both psychologically and physically through my childhood years, so I have to say they are my role models.”

GETTY – CONTRIBUTOR: Faiq Bolkiah turned his back on a lavish lifestyle full of gold

REUTERS: Sultan of Brunei has an estimated worth of £15bn

AFP OR LICENSORS: Faiq Bolkiah insists his family have had a big influence on his career

With determination like that, if he does sign for Wolves he could end up having a bright future in the game.

But if it doesn’t work out for him, it’s not as if he’s got nothing to fall back on just yet.

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