FORMER Liverpool and England footballer John Barnes has avoided bankruptcy with an 11th-hour payment to the taxman.
An HMRC official told an insolvency and companies court yesterday that the money he owed had been paid in full.
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A hearing in February was adjourned to allow settlement negotiations.
Megan Vanderhook, who represented HMRC, indicated that Barnes, 59, owed at least 200,000.
She told that hearing the ex-Watford ace had repaid 100,000.
Barnes was not in court yesterday, instead represented by his barrister.
The Jamaica-born midfielder has since tried his hand as a manager, author, commentator and pundit.
He was declared bankrupt in 2009…
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