Former Liverpool player forced to sell Champions League medal as bankruptcy looms

He won Champions League and FA Cup titles

Finnan, who played more than 100 times for the Reds, has been engaged in a legal dispute with his brother Sean for nine years.

The dispute relates to an ill-fated property business the two were involved with.

Concern over the way the business was being run reportedly led Steve to sue his brother back in 2016, and by 2018 he won a £4 million settlement from the UK High Court.

The former Liverpool and Fulham player never saw a penny of the settlement, after Sean was declared bankrupt in 2019.

In the years since, Steve Finnan has been involved in a number of separate court-based disputes with his solicitors.

A recent failed £6 million negligence claim resulted in the Irish fullback being required to foot a five-figure legal bill, which has still not been paid.

According to The Mail, the former Liverpool star has sold both his 2005 Champions League winners medal and a number of match worn shirts in attempts at raising the necessary funds over the years.

Despite those efforts, Finnan is still yet to come forward with the required funds. And as a result of his failure to pay, he is now facing a petition to make him bankrupt at Central London County Court.

A "bankruptcy petition" is a formal application to a court for an individual's assets to be taken and sold to pay their debts.

Earlier this month, the player made an attempt to appeal the petition, but this was quickly brushed off by a judge who claimed Finnan was simply attempting to “delay" things.

No date has been set yet for his formal bankruptcy hearing.

The 49-year-old is best remembered by football fans for his spell with Liverpool in the early 2000s.

He won the Champions League with the Reds and went on to star for the Irish national side more than 50 times.