Former Reggae Boyz coach and England football legend John Barnes has been declared bankrupt at the age of 61, following financial troubles tied to his now-liquidated company, John Barnes Media Limited.
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A bankruptcy notice was published in the London Gazette after a petition was filed by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) in August. According to the most recent liquidators’ report, Barnes owed HMRC more than £776,000 in unpaid taxes, in addition to over £461,000 to unsecured creditors, a director’s loan of £226,000, and liquidators’ costs of just over £56,000. The company’s debts totaled around £1.5 million.
Barnes had spent the last eight years repaying HMRC, but it emerged last month that he faced a renewed…