FORMER Celtic manager 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 the ex-midfielder 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, who managed the Hoops from 1999 to 2000, owed at least 200,000.
She told that hearing the the 59-year-old footy legend had repaid 100,000.
Barnes was not in court yesterday, instead represented by his barrister.
The Jamaican-born England internatio…
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