Jamie Carragher facing bankruptcy as HMRC file petition in shock blow for Sky Sports star

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HM Revenue and Customs named Jamie Carragher in a bankruptcy petition which was filed at the High Court on Wednesday. The Liverpool legend, who now works as a pundit for Sky Sports, was named in record filed at the High Court on Wednesday.The 48-year-old was identified by his full name of James Lee Duncan Carragher as a "litigant in Person." The Mirror has reached out to Carragher for a response.

We only petition for bankruptcy as a last resort."Reports claim that Carragher has a net worth exceeding £16million, and that he earned as high as £5m annually at the peak of his playing days with Liverpool. It comes as Carragher apologised in 2018 after he was filmed spitting at a 14-year-old girl and her father as he drove his Range Rover following Liverpool's 2-1 loss to Manchester United.Jamie Carragher works for Sky Sports (Image: Getty)Speaking about that incident during a podcast appearance alongside Alistair Campbell, Carragher said: "We were devastated by it really.

You go back and think the aftermath of it, you do interviews and apologising, and I had to come back to my family that day, sometimes you think back and think how did you get through it."I just snapped, can't explain why I did it. As soon as I got home I told my wife, I knew straight away, I just thought, 'Oh my god.' My wife was unbelievable for me."One of the club's longest-serving players, Carragher represented Liverpool between 1996 and 2013, racking up 737 appearances.