Or maybe it was just to match his hoodie and baseball cap
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Manchester City midfielder Stephen Ireland has spent £10,000 getting his new car resprayed after his team-mates picked on him for the original red colour scheme. Ireland, who is more accustomed to jibes about baldness and fake grandparents, bowed to peer pressure and got his £100,000 Audi R8 repainted in City colours.

Thanks to OTP reader Tom Commins for sending this in.