Former Newcastle striker Michael Chopra is paying just £6 a week in child maintenance and is being pursued by his ex-wife for thousands of pounds in alleged missed payments despite his involvement in a proposed £280million takeover bid for his old club.
The 36-year-old could face court action from former partner Heather Swan to recoup the arrears to help with the upbringing of their 12-year-old son, understood to total almost £15,000.
Chopra is fronting an attempt to buy Newcastle by the Singapore-based Bellagraph Nova Group which was launched in August. Chopra insisted on Tuesday that the bid remains in play, with the sums involved contrasting starkly with the former Sunderland, Cardiff and Ipswich striker’s management of his family finances.