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Former Liverpool and England star John Barnes has been banned from being a company director(Image: PA)

Former England star John Barnes has racked up debts of £1.5m in his media firm.

The John Barnes Media Limited company went into liquidation in 2023 after failing to pay tax.

Barnes, 61, was last year banned as a company director for three-and-a-half years.



During that time the company’s turnover was £441,798 and the company filing returns outlined what VAT payments should have been made.

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An Insolvency Service statement read: “The Secretary of State for Business and Trade accepted a disqualification undertaking from Barnes.

Barnes was the company’s sole director.

He declined to comment when approached by the Mirror at his home in Heswall on the Wirral.

John Barnes made over 400 appearances for Liverpool(Image: CameraSport via Getty Images)Barnes was a key part of England's Italia 90 squad that reached the World Cup semi-finals(Image: Mirrorpix)

He has been the subject of six different bankruptcy petitions dating back to 2010.

In 2009, he said in an interview: “I don't like dealing with taxes, of course.

Apart from that, I don't like dealing with bills and never have done.

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"I let my wife Andrea deal with them.

I don't even like opening them.”

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