🚨Former England rugby captain declared bankrupt .. 😬

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Former England captain Phil Vickery has been declared bankrupt, that’s according to The Sun & Mail never nice to hear these things ..

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Documents show the 48-year-old former tighthead prop owed his consultancy company nearly £100,000 before it went into liquidation in December last year.

Vickery then declared himself bankrupt last month using debtor’s petition as he could not pay his bills, the Mail reports.

Documents show £97,806 was loaned out from his management consultancy Vix Limited.

And in December, when the firm went into liquidation, documents detailed that it was Vickery who owed the money.

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A source told the Mail the former star had built up debts of “hundreds of thousands of pounds”.

The money was said to be owed “contacts”, and they reported he also owes HMRC £71,000 in VAT, PAYE and National Insurance payments.

According to the Insolvency Office, Vickery was declared bankrupt on February 21 of this year.

The 48-year-old will remain bankrupt for 12 months, it said.

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