Wes Brown, former England and Manchester United player, It was declared bankrupt in 2023 by the High Court of Justice of the United Kingdom. At that time, Mirror published that the champion of seven Premier League titles, two Champions Leagues, an Intercontinental Cup and a Club World Cup, in addition to almost a dozen cup trophies in England, was in the sights of HM Revenue. & Customs (HMRC) of his country so the authorities accepted the organization’s request to declare the award-winning defense bankrupt.
The footballer signed for Manchester United when he was only 12 years old and took steps in the lower categories until he found a place in the first team. Since 2000 he was a regular in the eleven and even Sir Alex Ferguson referred to him at the time as the best natural defender this club has had in years.
Such was his success that He earned almost 60,000 euros a week – ten million throughout his career – and was international 23 times., United being their best years in professional football. He would then spend time at Sunderland and Blackburn before retiring in 2018 in India. Five years later, everything is different for Brown: divorced and bankrupt.
In an interview on Ben Heath’s podcast, the former footballer He assures that he did not have the right people by his side so that they would guide him correctly during his youth. I think the main thing is that, when you make a lot of money, you need the right people, right? I would say that that is one of the things that I was not clear about, he also declares.
A situation common to most players
Regarding the causes that led to his economic ruin, Wes Brown explains that it is a long story in which he does not want to go into too many details, but that they are things that happened a long time ago in certain investments and the involvement in which, when he was Boy, a lot of people get involved, but they don’t really understand it. I reached a breaking point last year, I couldn’t fix it and there’s not much I can do.shift.
The United legend states in the aforementioned podcast that the legal situation he is going through is something common to many other football players. Many footballers have called me and told me that the same thing is happening to them. Not saying names, he reveals. I’m not the type of person to cry or complain about it, I’m just going to fight and move on.ditch.
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