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Crystal Palace defender Pape Souare goes bust despite earning £30,000-a-week with the Premier League side

Crystal Palace’s Pape Souare has gone bust — despite earning £30,000 a week with the Premier League side.

The Senegal international, on the bench for Saturday’s 2-1 home defeat by Liverpool, has entered into a voluntary insolvency arrangement, four months after it emerged he was being privately prosecuted over a car crash that almost ended his career.

It is understood Souare, who joined Palace from Lille in 2015 for £3.5million, has had problems with paying a tax bill and HMRC are one of his major creditors.

Crystal Palace defender Pape Souare has gone busy despite earning u00a330,000 a week
Crystal Palace defender Pape Souare has gone busy despite earning £30,000 a week

It was reported in November that the left-back faced a prosecution brought by Darshan Dube, who was charged by police with driving without due care and attention, following the incident in 2016.