It was reported that George Clooney is putting his Villa Oleander – his home on Lake Como in Italy – on the market and that the celebrity soccer superstar, David Beckham is battling with the Russian vodka billionaire, Roustam Tariko to buy the home.

The home is supposedly quietly on the market for around 30 million Euros. Clooney bought the home in 2001 for around 7 million Euros. After Clooney bought the home, real estate in the prominent vacation area spiked the so-called Clooney effect.

The Beckhams borrowed the home last year but it really does not look like they will be moving in. Clooney has released a statement that denied the fact that the home is for sale and dashing the rumor that he planned to move to a small island in order to thwart paparazzi. In his typical humor the statement says in part: “the story was made up, then picked up and now denied. End of another riveting day of false news.”