Former Watford, Liverpool and England footballer John Barnes has paid money owed to the tax authority, a judge in a specialist court has been told.
Judge Daniel Schaffer considered Barnes’s case at an Insolvency and Companies Court hearing in London on Monday.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) had lodged a bankruptcy petition.
An HMRC official told the judge that the money had been paid in full.
Barnes was not at the hearing but was represented by barrister Jonathan Lester.
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Another judge had adjourned an earlier hearing – in February – to allow “settlement negotiations” to take place.
Megan Vanderhook, who represented HMRC at the February hearing, had indicated that Barnes owed at least £200,000.
She told the February hearing that Barnes had, at that stage, repaid £100,000.
Barnes, 59, played for Watford, Liverpool, and Newcastle.
He also won 79 England caps between 1983 and 1995 – and was head coach at Celtic after ending his playing career.
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