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It’s a battle of the sun-tanned v the sun-screened today, dear readers.
Whilst many of you may like your vacationing football players gelled and perma-tanned to a lovely hue of caramel, others certainly have a preference for their off-season boys to maintain a fresh-faced, pale tone via an IV of SPF.
For your viewing and voting pleasure we bring you two recent rather attractive new signings. Miguel Angel Moya, who just signed with Valencia, and Thomas Vermaelen, the NKOTB at Arsenal. It’s a battle of bronze v flaxen. Caramel cutie v coffin-hot. Which will you choose? Full details below.
Miguel Angel Moya, Valencia
Originally from Spain, this 25-year-old keeper is a naturally-gifted smooth operator who sits at a nice shade of semi-gloss from May through August. Granted, Moya probably doesn’t require a high cook time in the sun to maintain his tan which allows for more time to cavort around the beach/yacht and hit the high-street shops with his vacay partner(s). He also offers a typically hair-free body canvas that’s easy to apply tanning oil to. This is the one to choose if you like your men on an even 14K gold shade year-round.
See also: Paolo Maldini, Cristiano Ronaldo, Sergio Ramos
Thomas Vermaelen, Arsenal
Arsenal’s newest import from Belgium is a 23-year-old defending mix of pink collagen-enhanced-ish lips and Euro-Icy baby blues. Sure, his fair skin may look all “Fragile: Handle With Care” and also, well, transparent, but imagine the fun you could have slathering on some protective aloe and/or body butter after a day out under the beach umbrella/dungeon. Another plus in choosing the a guy like Vermaelen? He’s virtually guaranteed a naturally wrinkle-free face later in life.
See also: Peter Crouch, Philippe Senderos, Fernando Torres, Iniesta
I go with Vermaelen – mainly because Nando is in the ’see also’ section for the paler individuals.