Plenty of professional footballers have gone on to lose everything and go bankrupt after wrapping up their playing careers. But not too many have had the rollercoaster journey of Jermaine Pennant.
The former Arsenal, Liverpool and Birmingham City man was viewed as a ‘bad boy’ during his playing career, which never reached the heights expected. Pennant was a promising wide player in his younger days, but became a journeyman very quickly, not sticking around at any club for longer than a few years.
He looked destined to eventually earn an England…