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Bjorn Kuipers, the Dutchman who can lay claim to being the richest referee in the world, will take change of England's World Cup showdown with Sweden.
Kuipers, 45, has been given the quarter-final clash in Samara on Saturday – despite telling Neymar to “shut up” when he officiated the Brazil's game against Costa Rica in the group stages.
The Oldenzaal-born whistleblower is not overawed by the mega-rich superstars of the modern game - because he earns millions every year himself from the supermarket chain he owns in Holland called Jumbo.
Kuipers' personal wealth back in 2016 was estimated at a cool £11.5million – and he rakes in between £2-3million every year in profit alone.
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He rarely pays himself a dividend, because he earns enough money from refereeing to keep his family comfortable, and he's built up a property portfolio worth at least £5million.
Kuipers has told close family and friends that he considers England's clash with the Swedes to be “a cracker.”
He is determined to ensure he upholds the FIFA values of Fair Play much better than American Mark Geiger did when the Three Lions beat Colombia on penalties to reach the last eight.
Kuipers' supermarket sweep is a real success story in Holland and he still combines working in his shops with refereeing.
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His business generates so much cash that he sponsors Formula One's Max Verstappen, the Red Bull driver who triumphed at Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix wearing a Jumbo-emblazoned yellow helmet.
Kuipers, who refereed the Europa League final between Atletico Madrid and Marseille in May, was the man in the middle at the 2014 Champions League final and dreams of getting the World Cup Final.
A good omen for England is that he officiated the under 20s World Cup final victory over Venezuela last year.
But Four years ago, he was in charge when England lost to Italy in Brazil.
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Last week, Kuipers took charge of host Russia's shock victory over Spain in the last-16 stage.
He was accused on social media of being controlled by Russia President Vladimir Putin after a pair of controversial decisions which benefited the home side.
Russia were handed a penalty after Gerard Pique was adjudged to have deliberately handled Artem Dzyuba's header - despite facing in the opposite direction.
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Before Kuipers waved away an extra time penalty for Spain when Sergio Ramos and Ilya Kutepov grappled each other to the ground.
But Kuipers' proudest achievement was inventing a machine to collect empty bottles in his supermarkets.
He can be sure that if England win on Saturday afternoon there will be quite a few empties.