George Clooneys Lake Como villa up for sale

Published: 6:30AM GMT twenty-five February 2010

George Clooney is offering the villa to shun hoards of fans Photo: EPA

The gulf mansion, that was once owned by the Heinz family, has reportedly spin the theme of a behest fight in between David and Victoria Beckham and a Russian vodka billionaire.

Clooney paid for the prosperous villa in 2001 for a small 7 million euros. He right away hopes to move to a quieter place with his Italian partner Elisabetta Canalis.

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Surrounded by topiary and red geraniums, the residence offers the owners good privacy, a large drawcard for general celebrities.

Although the cost of the 18th century construction is high, internal estate agents pronounced properties similar to it frequency come on the market, the Independent reports.

Clooney and Canalis, who is a is a presenter on Italian television, motionless to leave Lake Como given they had been hounded by autograph-hunters. The complaint became so large that last year Mayor Pozzi introduced internal laws ominous any one to accumulate in a organisation of some-more than 3 people in steer of the actor"s home or face a nineteen euro fine.

However, the awaiting of being harried by fervent fans has not deterred the Beckhams. According to Italian journal Corriere della Sera, the integrate have already sent their lawyers to encounter Clooney"s.

The former England captain, who is on loan to AC Milan, has formerly pronounced he is "in love" with Villa Oleandra. "There"s assent and still and it"s nearby to Milan," he said. "I"d love to live here with my family."

Their foe is 48-year-old Russian Roustam Tariko who is pronounced to have already offering the 30m euro asking price.

While he has the cash, the locals assumingly cite the Beckhams, fearing an liquid of rich Russians could spin the area in to a counterpart of Tuscany"s up-market strand review Forti dei Marmi, where the hair cloak shops and Ferrari showrooms bluster to outnumber the trattorias ever given the Russian millionaires took over.