Ex-England and Manchester United star Wes Brown – who earned £50,000-a-week during his playing days – ‘is declared bankrupt’ at the High Court
Former England and Manchester United footballer Wes Brown has reportedly been declared bankrupt at the High Court.
HMRC filed a bankruptcy petition against Brown, who earned £50,000-a-week during his playing days at Old Trafford, on February 27, according to the Daily Mirror.
The petition was rubber-stamped at the High Court on April 12.
Defender Brown, 43, was in United’s first team for 15 years having come through the Old Trafford club’s academy ranks.
He made 362 appearances for the club, winning five Premier League titles, two FA Cup, two League Cups and two Champions Leagues during an illustrious career.
Former Manchester United and England defender Wes Brown ‘has been declared bankrupt’
Brown (second right) celebrates with his Manchester United team-mates after they reached the Champions League final by beating Barcelona in 2008
Brown was capped 23 times for England and also played for Sunderland and Blackburn Rovers after he left United in 2011.
Last year it was reported Brown split from his wife Leanne, 46, who appeared in the reality TV show Real Housewives of Cheshire. They marred in 2009 and had three daughters together.
In 2016, the couple slashed the asking price for their previous home, a mansion in Prestbury, Cheshire, to £2.4million after it had gone onto the market six years earlier for £4.5m.
Leanne said in 2019: ‘Yes we’ve got a lovely life and all this money and I’m not saying the money isn’t great but when you’re in it you’re living in this bubble. Although the fans can be amazing they can also be very cruel.
‘It must be hard [for footballers] to deal with to be on top one minute and hated the next for a bad kick or missing the goal. We are the ones that are left to pick up the pieces and bear the brunt of whatever is left at the end of their careers.
‘Sometimes it’s hard being alone a lot. The lads are away a lot, especially if involved in a high-profile club and England international, too.’
More to follow
For all the latest Sports News Click Here
