Ex-England and Manchester United star Wes Brown – who earned £50,000 a week during his playing days – ‘has been declared bankrupt’ in the High Court
Former England and Manchester United footballer Wes Brown has reportedly been declared bankrupt by the High Court.
HMRC filed for bankruptcy on February 27 against Brown, who earned £50,000 a week playing at Old Trafford. Daily mirror.
The petition was approved by the Supreme Court on April 12.
43-year-old defender Brown spent 15 years in United’s first team after coming through the youth ranks of the Old Trafford club.
He made 362 appearances for the club, winning five Premier League titles, two FA Cups, two League Cups and two Champions Leagues in an illustrious career.
Former Manchester United and England defender Wes Brown ‘has been declared bankrupt’
Brown made 23 appearances for England and also played for Sunderland and Blackburn Rovers after leaving United in 2011.
Last year it was reported that Brown had split from his wife Leanne, 46, who appeared on the reality TV show Real Housewives of Cheshire. They married in 2009 and have three daughters together.
In 2016, the couple lowered the asking price for their previous home, a country house in Prestbury, Cheshire, to £2.4 million after it went on the market six years earlier for £4.5 million.
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