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Ex-Man United star Wes Brown - who earned £50,000-a-week as a player - speaks out for the first time since being declared BANKRUPT, as he admits he never had the 'right people' around him

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Former Manchester United defender Wes Brown has opened up on his struggles after being declared bankrupt last year.

Brown made 362 appearances for United after coming through the club's academy and earned £50,000-a-week as a player at one stage, but HMRC filed a bankruptcy petition against him last February, and the petition was rubber-stamped at the High Court two months later.

The five-time Premier League winner, who also won the Champions League twice and was capped 23 times by England, split from his wife Leanne, a reality TV star, in 2022, and his downfall has previously been put down to his company collapsing, bad property deals and overpaying on a farm.