Over 100 footballers - including household names and current Premier League players - face financial ruin after demands from HMRC for unpaid tax on avoidance schemes, according to the Guardian newspaper.

According to the paper, more than 100 footballers are understood to have sought help from the players’ union, the Professional Footballers’ Association. Representing another 40 more, the  chief executive of Xpro, a welfare organisation for former players, Geoff Scott told the Guardian that all 40 had been seriously affected by the demands and around 20 could face bankr...