Jamie Carragher avoids bankruptcy after settling unpaid tax bill 'of up to £800,000' with HMRC

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Carragher, from Merseyside, spent his entire professional career with Liverpool and was part of the squad who won the Champions League in 2005.

Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher will not be made bankrupt after settling an unpaid tax bill with HMRC .

Judge Nicholas Briggs dismissed a bankruptcy petition against Carragher, 48, at the Insolvency and Companies Court on Tuesday.

The petition was issued in August but Kevin Hassan, for HMRC, told the hearing in London that the debt has been paid, with no figure given in court, although it was previously reported to be in the region of £700,000 to £800,000.

Carragher, from Merseyside, spent his entire professional career with Liverpool and was part of the squad who won the Champions League in 2005.

He retired in 2013 after making 737 appearances for the club and has since become a pundit with Sky Sports and CBS Sports.

Carragher, 48, is listed as a director at four firms and as a LLP Member for another. He is currently a regular pundit on the Premier League for Sky Sports and on the Champions League for US network CBS Sports.

He is also a regular on the Stick To Football podcast, run by Gary Neville's media business The Overlap.

At the time of the petition being filed in the High Court in August, a spokesperson for HMRC told Daily Mail Sport: 'We take a supportive approach to dealing with customers who have tax debts and do everything we can to help those who engage with us to get out of debt, such as offering instalment plans. We only petition for bankruptcy as a last resort.'

A spokesperson for Carragher added: 'This is a private tax matter that should have been resolved sooner, and the appropriate steps are being taken today to settle it.

> 'It is understood that the matter will not proceed any further and will be resolved imminently.'

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