Former England and Liverpool star, John Barnes, has accumulated debts of over $2 million through his media company.

John Barnes Media Limited went into liquidation in 2023 due to failure to pay taxes.

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This followed his media firm's failure to pay £190k (almost $260k) in VAT and corporation tax, reports The Mirror.

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An investigation by the Insolvency Service, which began in September 2023, discovered that the company failed to pay £78,839 ($107k) in corporation tax between August 2018 and January 2020.

The company also failed to pay £115,272 (over $150k) in VAT between February 2019 and 2020.

England legend Barnes, who earned 79 caps and turned out for sides like Watford and Newcastle United, had established the company himself in September 2012, where he served as the sole director.

When contacted by the Mirror at his Heswall residence in Wirral, Barnes opted not to offer a comment

His financial history includes being faced with six separate bankruptcy petitions since 2010.

Barnes had previously disclosed his aversion to financial matters in a 2009 interview, stating: "I don't like dealing with taxes, of course

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

"I let my wife Andrea deal with them
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