IT is a luxury pad that could have come straight from a scene in TV favourite Footballers' Wives.

There is a strong football connection to the mansion, pictured above, that has just bounced onto the market in Hampshire.

If you want to sample the home comforts of a soccer superstar then you will have to pay a cool £3.5m.

That is the price tag on a magnificent property nestling on the banks of the River Itchen, near Twyford, which is the home of former Southampton manager and Liverpool legend Graeme Souness.

The 53-year-old, who left Newcastle earlier this year, is on the move again but this time it is in the property market.

Winchester estate agents Knight Frank are handling the sale of Apple Tree House which, with its idyllic setting, provides a perfect escape from the pressures of the soccer field.