Birmingham City midfielder Olivier Kapo has stunned one of the club's youth players by giving him a car as a thank you for polishing his boots.
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James McPike, an apprentice at St Andrews, had asked Kapo for his boots as a souvenir after Birmingham's final game of the season.
However, the French playmaker had already taken them home and so, in an incredible act of generosity, he threw the 20-year-old his car keys instead as an end-of-season present. Keys to a £30,000 Mercedes.
When McPike told Kapo that he could not afford the insurance on such a powerful vehicle, Kapo even said he would pay for a year's worth of cover so that the youngster could drive it.
Kapo, 27, earns £1.5 million a year and he drove McPike home to hand over his spare keys and log book.
A club source told the Sun: "Kapo had taken (the boots) home, but James perked up when he got keys."
Meanwhile, Kapo could be on his way to Wigan, with former Birmingham manager Steve Bruce ready to make a £3m bid.
