According to reports, former England striker Emile Heskey has been caught up in a multi-million-pound legal battle over a ‘fraudulent’ business deal to buy a football club.
It should first be noted that Heskey is not accused of any wrongdoing, but he was the high-profile face of a British businessman’s deal to buy a stake in a professional Cypriot football club. Last year, Craig Gabriel was set to invest £15m into Apollon Limassol – who once signed ex-Man United star Wes Brown – but things have since gone wrong, leading to action in the UK High Court.
Heskey played 62 times for England, scoring seven goals, as he became a cult Premier League figure at the likes of Liverpool, Leicester City, Aston Villa, Wigan, and Birmingham…