Bad stat ... EPL stars are getting poorly advised. Source: Jon Super / AP
Three out of five Barclays Premier League soccer players are bankrupt within five years of retiring, research suggests.
Despite earning an average of £30,000 ($45,000) a week, many footballers in Britain are given bad investment advice, according to XPro, the football charity.
One in three gets divorced within a year of retiring, the research said, which can be a further financial drain.
Brad Friedel, Tottenham Hotspur's goalkeeper, and Lee Hendrie, the former Aston Villa star, have both been declared bankrupt.
Friedel ran up debts opening a US football academy and Hendrie owed £200,000 in taxes.
Geoff Scott, from XPro, said: "Even if they manage careers some aren't aware they need to put money away for the taxman."
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