Italy maka da money

Egghead economists are banking on an Italian win in the World Cup - to boost the bootshaped nation's flagging coffers.

That's what the boring business bods at the Daily Telegraph are blethering on about, anyway. Where's your patriotism, fellas?

Number crunchers from Dutch bank ABN Amro have singled out the land of British second-homers, pasta and bonkers drivers as potentially set to bag the 10 per cent economic boon the winning country at Germany 2006 can expect.

However, the losing finalists could witness a 25 per cent dip in financial fortunes.

So now you know. Let's hope it's not France or Germany, eh?

Much more interestingly, though, Italy-wise, is the fact that Italian football programmes are not unknown to have the likes of clothes-snubbing sportsfoxes such as Argentinian MegaBabe Pamela David, pictured right, presenting them.

If the Beeb binned Lineker pronto and employed dusky Pammie on Match Of The Day it'd be not just the ratings that'd get a boost.

See more of this hottie plus a pert parade of international honeys on the MegaStar Unofficial World Cup site's hottie-packed Das Frauleins zone.