4. Paul Merson
Merson enjoyed a star studded career with the likes of Arsenal and Aston Villa, but drink, drugs, and gambling all took their toll on Merson’s earnings and he quickly wracked up debts of over £5m. Later hit with divorce payments, he was forced to cash in on his mansion and supplement his work as a pundit with after dinner speeches.
3. Brad Friedel
The Premier League’s oldest current player is perhaps prolonging his career to help pay for $50,000 annual subscription debt he’s incurred back in the States. Having set up a football academy in his native Ohio, things haven’t gone according to plan business wise, and he’s actually been declared as bankrupt in his homeland.