Source: Liverpool_Echo
Liverpool FC legend John Barnes declared bankrupt
FORMER Tranmere Rovers boss and Liverpool legend John Barnes has been declared bankrupt.
An order was made at the High Court in London on October 14, just five days after he was sacked as manager at Prenton Park.
The application listed Barnes' occupation as a provider of media services lately a footballer.
An address in Heswall, on Wirral, was given for the 45-year-old who will be discharged from bankruptcy within 12 months, on October 14, 2010.
Barnes was unavailable for comment today.
Despite being dismissed from Tranmere, the news still comes as a surprise as the ex-footballer was a regular charity campaigner and part of the FA's campaign to bring the World Cup to the UK in 2018.
Last year the public got a glimpse of his ailing finances when he told magistrates he could not afford a driver.
He was appealing against a charge of driving without insurance and wanted to avoid a ban.
