5. David James
Despite earning a massive20m from his football career, a messy divorce from his wife Tanya in 2005, meant that one of the most famous English goalkeepers struggled to pay off debts. As well as football, he earned a decent sum of money through modelling contracts with Armani but as the debts mounted, he declared bankruptcy in 2014.
In order to begin paying off the debt, he sold a lot of his personal football memorabilia such as signed shirts, match balls, gloves etc. He is now a full time panellist on BT Sport as well, so it seems all is well for the former goalie.
4. John Arne Riise
Arne Riise made his fame whilst exhibiting his lightning left-foot at Liverpool. Despite earning wages exceeding50,000 per week whi…
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