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On the news that he had been declared bankrupt, Craig Bellamy issued a heartfelt letter to young football players saying, \u201cI want this to be a warning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former forward for Liverpool, West Ham, Newcastle, and Manchester City has spoken out about his troubles with money in an interview with the Mail. He also disclosed how the people in his life whom he trusted the most took advantage of him in the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During his 18-year career, which was frequently interrupted by injuries, the former Welsh international received over 70 caps for his country. He was no stranger to controversy during his playing days. Following a 1-0 loss to Tottenham in 2010, his former manager at Manchester City, Roberto Mancini, referred to him as \u201cdisrespectful and unprofessional.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was also reported that he attacked John Arne Riise with a golf club while he was playing for Liverpool, but Bellamy maintains that this allegation is completely fabricated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, he is also well-known for his philanthropy and the extraordinary compassion he displays towards others. He has sponsored the schooling of a youngster from a slum in Rio de Janeiro, as well as established a school in Sierra Leone and paid for the funerals of complete strangers in Cardiff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet, he is using the shocking revelation of his financial disaster to send a message to today\u2019s young players, warning them to be careful about who they trust with their money. It has been reported that Bellamy owes Her Majesty\u2019s Revenue and Customs the sum of \u00a31,398,071.20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Early in the month of February, HMRC initiated legal action against him by submitting a petition to the High Court. According to the documents filed with the court, \u201cit is ordered that Craig Douglas Bellamy be adjudicated bankrupt.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a string of unsuccessful business endeavours and placing his trust in the incorrect individuals, he is currently in a tough financial situation called \u201cdeath row.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an interview with the Mail<\/a>, Bellamy said: \u201cI\u2019m not a tax-dodger, but I have been very na\u00efve and the HMRC have been pursuing me for unpaid tax for some time. Everything I have had has been taken from me. If you get the wrong people advising you it all haemorrhages, it all dwindles. It has got to the point where bankruptcy is a relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI know some people will probably think I have squandered my money on drinking or gambling or drugs. I haven\u2019t. I can go quiet where you won\u2019t hear from me, but I won\u2019t be down the pub. I have never touched drugs since I was young. I don\u2019t gamble. I have never gambled. It doesn\u2019t make any sense to me. But I have gambled on people, unfortunately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe money I\u2019ve earned, I can\u2019t get a mortgage. Financially I have no future. The hurt of that. I can\u2019t own anything. Everything\u2019s gone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I Gambled on People<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI know some people will probably think I have squandered all my money on drinking or gambling or drugs. I haven\u2019t. I can go quiet where you won\u2019t hear from me, but I won\u2019t be down the pub. I have never touched drugs since I was a young kid. I don\u2019t gamble. I have never gambled. It doesn\u2019t make any sense to me. But I have gambled on people, unfortunately\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want this to be a warning to other players,\u2019 says Bellamy. \u201cCheck everything; make sure the people advising you are regulated. If they are not regulated, it\u2019s the Wild West. Get your stuff audited by independent people, the equivalent of getting a second opinion. I was brought up in a generation of footballers where everything was done for you. Every bill. Wherever I was, the club did everything for me. I think that\u2019s wrong\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt makes you too vulnerable. It\u2019s good for players to have their own responsibilities because one day the club will not be there. You will finish your career and you will still be a young man and when you finish who\u2019s going to pay your stuff then? You are going to have to learn to survive. You are going to have live in the real world\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Craig Bellamy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In 1998, Bellamy made his debut for Wales under the direction of Bobby Gould, and he continued to play for his country a total of 77 more times up until 2013. Mark Hughes, John Toshack, and Gary Speed were his three additional foreign managers at the time. He played for Cardiff City on two separate occasions, the first of which was in 2013, when he was the club\u2019s inspiring captain as it made its debut in the Premier League under the direction of Malky Mackay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bellamy came within a hair\u2019s breadth of being Chris Coleman\u2019s successor as the manager of Wales. It came down to him and Giggs, with the six-person FAW committee responsible for evenly dividing the selection between the two players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ultimately, it came down to then-FAW President David Griffiths from Maesteg having a casting vote, and he chose Giggs as the winner. Several supporters of Cardiff FC still harbour hopes that Bellamy may one day manage the club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Sam<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sam Allcock<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sam Allcock is the owner of PR Fire. Writes for Huffington Post, Hubspot and many more publications.<\/p>\n

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