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      Match of the Day prankster Dan Jarvis who tricked Gary Lineker with porn noise reveals how he did it

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      SEX noise prankster Daniel “Jarvo” Jarvis told how he beat security by marching into a football stadium with TV crew — and even helped himself to beers in a hospitality box.He and a pal later activated a £20 phone — one of the world’s loudest — to pump moans around the live Match of the Day studio.
      Notorious UK prankster Dan Jarvis was behind the Match Of The Day stuntCredit: Dan Charity
      Gary Lineker was in stitches at the moaning noises started playing in the backgroundCredit: BBC
      The stunt had BBC host Gary Lineker in stitches and stunned millions watching Tuesday’s Wolves v Liverpool FA Cup replay.
      YouTuber Jarvo, 30, wore black jeans and coat to blend in as he and the pal followed a TV crew into Wolves’s Molineux stadium a day before kick-off, nodding at security who let them pass unchecked.
      The pair used double-sided tape to stick the gold Yepen mobile to a 7ft wall on set, and changed the ringtone to the raunchy soundtrack.
      Jarvo told The Sun: “These things are all about confidence.“We got in because we made it look like we were meant to be there, so no one bats an eyelid.
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      “If you hesitate, then you’ll get asked questions. But people from Wolves thought we were with the TV, and vice versa.
      “TV crews don’t dress particularly smartly so I fitted right in. There were about four staff working in the studio. We tried not to speak to them much, just saying ‘How are you?’
      “Our plan was to strap it under a chair or the table, but they might’ve got suspicious if we started moving stuff around.
      “So we strapped it to the top of the wall and because of the colour no one could see it. We had a cheers with the beers afterwards then it was a waiting game, hoping no one had found the phone.”
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      A YouTube video posted during Tuesday’s match showed Jarvo call the phone to trigger the X-rated noise.
      He added: “I was at my cousin’s and couldn’t believe it worked. It was hilarious. We’ve tried this before and it didn’t work. But this must’ve been the magic of the FA Cup.”
      Jarvo and his mate spent 90 minutes inside Molineux. They filmed a jokey interview in the mix zone and posed in the dugouts.
      A YouTube video posted during Tuesday’s match showed Jarvo call the phone to trigger the X-rated noiseCredit: Ruckas
      Pal of Jarvo’s recording of BBC man scrambling to find noise source behind Ince and Lineker
      Gary Lineker tweeted exactly where the noise was coming fromCredit: @GaryLineker
      Jarvo, known as Jarvo69 online, added: “Staff didn’t say anything. I was tempted to jump in the home changing room ice bath but didn’t have a towel. I also used the toilet in the away dressing room, which is terrible — it’s like a PE changing room from the ’90s. After we planted the phone, we had a beer and got out.”
      Jarvo rang the phone at 1am on Tuesday to check it had not been found. He then buzzed it around 12 times from a burner device after the BBC went live at 7.30pm.
      The noise drowned out Lineker as he cut to the commentary team.
      He could barely be heard saying: “It is toasty in this studio. I am not sure if someone is sending something on somebody’s phone.”
      Jarvo streamed his calls, cracking up with laughter while ringing his mate who was inside Molineux recording the studio reaction.
      It showed pundit Paul Ince pointing to the noise’s source, while crew searched for it to no avail.
      Jarvo, of Gravesend, Kent, said: “There is a short delay with the TV so I was worried it didn’t work, but the camera went back to Lineker at the perfect time.
      “Those situations are so funny because no one has been in it before. You could see they were panicking but Lineker is such a pro and handled it really well. Everyone seems to have loved it. I feel like we’ve cheered up the nation a bit at a bad time.”
      Jarvo tried to prank BT Sport’s coverage of Fulham v Tottenham in 2021 but was let down by that phone’s sound quality.
      The incident also sparked a police alert.
      Daniel ‘Jarvo’ Jarvis told how he beat security by marching into a football stadium with TV crewCredit: Dan Charity
      This time he bought five phones after searching for the world’s loudest mobiles.
      Man Utd fan Jarvo said: “This Yepen worked a treat. We’ve still got a few so TV and the Premier League better watch out!”
      Police have said it was not a criminal offence.
      The BBC apologised to viewers who may have been offended but Lineker said the corporation had nothing to say sorry for.
      He shared a picture of the phone after it was discovered and said: “As sabotage goes, it was quite amusing.”
      Liverpool won 1-0 and Lineker said at half-time: “Harvey Elliott’s goal was a screamer . . . which was not the only one we’ve had tonight.”
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      Yesterday talkSPORT pundit Ally McCoist joked he’d never heard such a noise in his life, adding: “I’ve been doing it wrong for 40 years!”
      Jarvo added: “This prank will go down in history. I’ve always got things planned. I can’t tell you what’s next.” More

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      Gary Lineker laughs off Match of the Day ‘porn noise’ scandal & enjoyed half-time analysis with sex-filled innuendo

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      GARY Lineker yesterday laughed off the Match of the Day “porn noise” scandal — and said he took great pleasure filling his half-time analysis with sex-filled innuendo.The presenter said the BBC has had to look at its security measures following YouTuber Daniel “Jarvo” Jarvis’s stunt.
      Gary Lineker laughed off the MOTD ‘porn noise’ scandalCredit: BBC/UNPIXS
      The presenter said he enjoyed his half-time analysis with sex-filled innuendo – pictured The Sun’s coverage of the story
      But Gary, 62, who memorably had an on-pitch “accident” during England’s 1990 World Cup opener, joked: “If you told me yesterday morning that I’d be on the front page of The Sun, involved with a porn ­scandal, I’d have s*** myself — again!”
      Gary added: “I thought it was funny, and the YouTube prankster has shown his work.
      “It was that loud that I couldn’t really hear myself think, or what the other guys were saying, and realised people could probably hear it at home so I knew I had to both keep it together, whilst also addressing the matter.
      “In these situations, you have to keep your head.
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      “Yes, it’s funny but you can’t overwhelm the show — you can’t ignore it.
      “But, and after the studio manager had located the strap-on phone, I started to have a bit of fun with it all.
      “So at half-time every question I asked about the analysis, my comments were some kind of reference to it.
      “Things like ‘Wolves huffed and puffed’ or ‘the only goal was a screamer — and not the only screamer we had’, and ‘Liverpool pressed really hard in trying to get behind them’ — all that kind of thing.
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      “It was daft but it really did amuse me. And once I realised it was a prank, I knew that if I started laughing I probably wouldn’t have stopped.
      “It was the most surreal and one of the strangest things I’ve ever encountered in broadcasting.”
      Prankster Jarvo, a serial pitch invader, had broken into the studio and activated a sexy sounds ring tone on a mobile phone, which he hid on the set.
      He then called the phone during Gary’s studio segments at the Wolves v Liverpool FA Cup replay at Molineux on Tuesday.
      The BBC later issued a po-faced apology.
      But Gary questioned that decision.
      He said: “I’m not sure why the BBC apologised because it’s not our fault obviously.
      “It’s a security issue, and there is a serious side to it; if someone can do that, they can do something else with something that could be more dangerous.
      “But, in this instance, I felt that universally people were finding it really funny.
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      “And actually I have to agree with them, even if it was at our expense.
      “It was enjoyed, I think . . . much like those people on that phone!” More

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      Escaped prisoner hunted by cops looks like top footballer – can you guess who?

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      A GARY Neville lookalike on the run from prison is being hunted by cops.Social media users reckon Paul Clohessy is a spit for the ex-Red Devils ace turned pundit.
      Drugs offender Paul Clohessy is serving six years at HMP North Sea Camp but absconded on MondayCredit: SWNS
      When Lincolnshire Police issued a wanted photo yesterday, Facebook users pounced on his resemblance to ex-Man United star Gary NevilleCredit: Getty
      Drugs offender Clohessy, 36, is serving six years at HMP North Sea Camp but absconded on Monday.
      Facebook users pounced on the resemblance when Lincolnshire Police issued a wanted photo yesterday.
      One wag quipped: “When Gary Neville and Harry Maguire have a kid.”
      Others compared the fugitive to out-of-form Newcastle United striker Chris Wood.
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      They said: “Is that Chris Wood?
      “If so keep him locked up till the end of the season as he is rubbish.”
      The 400-capacity open prison was branded a holiday camp by some.
      One said: “Another walks out of North Sea Butlin’s never to return.”
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      Clohessy was convicted at Liverpool crown court in 2021 of possessing heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply.
      Police believe he may be hiding in his home patch Birkenhead.
      He has a tattoo on each arm and a scar under the one on his right. More

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      Inside Shakira’s very petty split from Gerard Pique – from brutal diss track to row over bizarre witch doll

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      SHE styled herself as a She Wolf in one of her bigg­est hits — and Shakira’s claws are certainly out as she takes aim at her ex Gerard Pique.Once one of the world’s most glamorous showbiz couples, the singer and the Spanish football ace are now engaged in an extra­ordinarily bitter split.
      Superstar Shakira and Spanish football ace Gerard Pique are engaged in an extra­ordinarily bitter splitCredit: Getty – Contributor
      Ever since Gerard ditched Shakira for the then 22-year-old Clara Chia Marti this summer, no act of revenge has been considered too pettyCredit: EPA
      Shakira with Gerard after his team won the Spanish cup in 2015Credit: Getty
      Ever since Gerard ditched Shakira for the then 22-year-old Clara Chia Marti this summer, no act of revenge has been considered too petty — with a brutal diss track, savage jibes and even a row over a bizarre witch doll playing out in public.
      Last week, 45-year-old Shakira dropped a new track which takes a swipe at love rival Clara’s age with the lyrics: “I’m worth two 22s. You traded a Ferrari for a Twingo, you traded a Rolex for a Casio.”
      Gerard, 35, responded by turning up to work in an £8,000 Renault Twingo this weekend and boasting his new seven-a-side project the King’s League had landed a sponsorship deal with Casio — adding that the cheaper watch would “last a lifetime”.
      In another twist Shakira put a terrifying life-size witch doll on her balcony, facing her mother-in-law’s house in the same street.
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      Neighbours reported she also blasted out the new song — BZRP Music Sessions #53 — on repeat so Gerard’s mum, Montserrat Bernabéu, could hear.
      The singer was devastated when he went public with new love Clara, now 23, just three months after she kicked him out of the family homeCredit: BackGrid
      Shakira was also deeply hurt by Gerard’s frequent visits to his parents’ home with Clara, which is in full view of her ownCredit: EPA
      ‘You left me because of your narcissism’
      The vitriolic break-up comes after a 12-year romance which began on the set of the video for Shakira’s 2010 World Cup anthem, Waka Waka (This Time for Africa).
      The first of the couple’s two sons, Milan, nine, was born in 2012, prompting Shakira to move from the US to Barcelona. Sasha, seven, arrived two years later.
      Although Shakira and Gerard never married, the Colombian singer insisted he was “the one” in a 2014 interview.
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      “We already have what’s essential. We have a union, a love for each other, and a baby,” she told Glamour magazine.
      “Those aspects of our relation­ship are already established, and marriage is not going to change them. But if I’m ever going to get married, he’s the one.”
      Ironically, she later revealed she feared becoming a wife would make him lose interest.
      “Marriage scares the sh*t out of me. I don’t want him to see me as the wife. I’d rather him see me as his girlfriend, his lover,” she said. “It’s like a little forbidden fruit. I want to keep him on his toes.”
      In 2021, the couple appeared to stand together as Shakira faced allega­tions she had dodged £12million in tax owed to the Spanish authorities — a claim she has dismissed as “false” although she has now paid the money in full.
      Shakira says Gerard has swapped ‘a Rolex’…Credit: Rolex
      …for a Casio instead and his Ferrari for a Twingo
      Pique turns up at work in a Twingo and says he’s signed a deal with CasioCredit: Twitter @KingsLeague
      But rumours the former Barcelona star was having an affair emerged in June 2022, and days later, the couple shocked fans with a joint statement announcing their split.
      They added: “For the well-being of our children, who are our highest priority, we ask that you respect our privacy. Thank you for your understanding.”
      Spanish outlet El Periodico reported that they had been living separately for a few weeks, after Shakira kicked Gerard out of the family home.
      Three months later, she was devastated when he went public with new love Clara, now 23. She was also deeply hurt by Gerard’s frequent visits to his parents’ home with Clara, which is in full view of her own.
      And she wasn’t going to keep quiet about it. In September, she broke her silence with an emo­tional interview in Elle magazine, saying her situation was “probab­ly the darkest hour of my life”.
      She revealed her ex had left her while her 91-year-old dad fought for his life in hospital after a bad fall.
      She continued: “For [women] like me who believe in values like family, who had the big dream of having a family for ever, to see that dream broken or shredded into pieces is probably one of the most painful things you can ever go through.”
      Shakira also claimed she had sacrificed her own music career by moving to Barcelona saying: “I put my career in second gear and I came to Spain, to support him so he could play football and win titles. And it was a sacrifice of love.”
      Her heartbreak hit, Monotonia, released in October, bewailed the monotony that led to the bitter break-up and contained the dig: “Suddenly you were no longer the same.
      “You left me because of your narcissism. You forgot what we once were.” The video shows the singer being shot in the chest, then her heart pulled out and stamped on.
      As their life unravelled, claims that Gerard had been dating his new love long before the split have fuelled the bitter feud, with some unconfirmed reports suggesting they met at the Davis Cup in 2019.
      The scandal has fuelled constant headlines in Spain — and seemingly, more heartbreak for Shakira.
      ‘A lot of gyms. But work your brain too’
      In a New Year message to her 80million Instagram fans, she wrote that she knew how it felt when “wounds are still open”.
      She added: “Even if someone’s betrayed us, we must continue to trust others. When faced with contempt, continue to know your worth. Because there are more good people than indecent ones.”
      But the sniping and revel­ations have continued to escalate, leading to a brutal war of words.
      This month, Shakira was said to be “devastated” over new footage of a Zoom interview from August 2021, which seemed to show Clara at the family home in Spain.
      It was ten months before she and Gerard announced their separation. The video shows a woman resembling Clara stepping into the frame as Gerard spoke to US video live-streaming service Twitch, while Shakira was reportedly abroad with the boys.
      The bitter star’s new diss track, which has had more than 110million views on YouTube, swipes at Gerard, Clara and her mother-in-law.
      In an apparent dig at the former Manchester United and Barcelona defender, Shakira sings: “A lot of gyms. But work your brain a little bit too.”
      Shakira put a witch effigy on her balcony facing mum-in-law’s home and blasts out her new revenge trackCredit: Splash
      She adds: “No hard feelings baby, I wish you the best with my supposed replacement.”
      Referring to her tax fraud case and her proximity to Gerard’s family home, she sings: “You left me my mother-in-law as my neighbour, press at my door and in debt with the treasury.”
      She also uses a play on words against her rival, adding: “She has the name of a good person, It’s clearly not what it sounds like”. The Spanish word for “clearly” — “claramente” — which sounds similar to Clara Marti’s name, is emphasised.
      Defending her song on Twitter, amid accusations of misogyny against Clara, Shakira wrote: “This is for all the women who taught me that when life throws bitter lemons at you, all you can do is make lemonade.”
      Fans took it as a reference to Beyonce’s album Lemonade, about the infidelity of husband Jay-Z. The feud reached a new level this weekend amid reports Shakira has installed a witch on a broomstick at her home — looking directly at Montserrat Bernabéu’s house.
      Reports say relations between the two turned sour after Gerard’s mum readily welcomed her son’s new girlfriend into the family.
      Journalist Marc Leirado said the mannequin, with long grey hair and a witch’s hat, had spooked Montserrat. “Weeks ago, I got some information that Gerard’s mother was worried about an alleged ritual that was done to her with a black witch,” Marc wrote.
      He says Gerard’s mum had asked a member of Shakira’s staff to remove it and it was temporarily taken down before being put back.
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      Yesterday, Shakira was having the last laugh as the new song made history, by becoming the fastest Spanish track to make 100million views on YouTube.
      Whatever happens next in the savage tit for tat, you can expect the She-Wolf to bite back.
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      THESE are the most brutal lyrics in Shakira: BZRP Music Sessions #53
      I’m worth two 22sYou traded a Ferrari for a TwingoYou traded a Rolex for a Casio
      – Clara Marti is rumoured to have started dating Pique when she was 22. The lyric also alludes to his goal celebration, which was a two formed with each hand in tribute to his and Shakira’s shared birthday on Feb 2.
      So much talk of being a championAnd when I needed you, you gave me the worst version of youYou left me my mother-in-law as my neighbourPress at my door and in debt with the treasury
      – A reference to her tax fraud case.
      You thought you’d hurt me, but you made me tougherWomen don’t cry anymore, women invoice.She has the name of a good personIt’s clearly not what it sounds like
      – An apparent pun on the Spanish word “Claramente”, meaning clearly, and its ­similarity to Clara Marti.
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      Pub which has iconic place in history of football to be bulldozed

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      A PUB where the modern rules of football were first agreed is being knocked down.The Plough Inn — considered to be the home of the beautiful game — will make way for eight houses after a bid to save it was lost.
      The boozer in Crosspool, Sheffield, was under a protection order as an asset of community value and plans for the homes were initially rejectedCredit: Crosthwaite Commercial
      The pub is thought to have hosted discussions which led to the introduction of throw-ins, headers and the offside rule.
      It also sits next to the oldest football ground in the world.
      The boozer in Crosspool, Sheffield, was under a protection order as an asset of community value and plans for the homes were initially rejected.
      But developers appealed and a planning inspector has overturned Sheffield council’s decision, allowing the three-bed houses to be built.

      The bull­dozers moved in last week.
      Campaigners have battled for years to save The Plough, which closed in 2015.
      Henrietta Billings, of SAVE Britain’s Heritage, said: “It’s shocking to see such an important part of football’s history bulldozed. It should never have been the final whistle for this historic landmark.”
      The Campaign for Real Ale said it was a missed opportunity to develop it as a pub with a football museum.
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      Heritage officer Dave Pickersgill said: “Football tourism is huge and people come from all over to visit the world’s two oldest clubs Sheffield FC and Hallam.”
      The pub was where Sheffield clubs devised their rules from the 1850s.
      They were then merged with rival regulations in London. More

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      England ace Harry Maguire snaps up beachfront villa on Caribbean resort loved by Wayne Rooney and Gary Lineker

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      ENGLAND ace Harry Maguire has snapped up a beachfront villa on a Barbados resort loved by Three Lions heroes Wayne Rooney and Gary Lineker.The Manchester United defender’s four-bed pad has a pool and overlooks an 18-hole golf course.
      England ace Harry Maguire has snapped up a beachfront villa on a Barbados resort loved by Three Lions heroes Wayne Rooney and Gary LinekerCredit: Reuters
      Harry, 29, and his wife Fern, 28, wanted somewhere private to escape with their two childrenCredit: Alamy
      Man United legend Rooney regularly holidays at the exclusive Royal Westmoreland resort with wife Coleen, 36, and their four kidsCredit: PA:Press Association
      Match of the Day host Lineker, 62, still visits after selling a property there in 2010Credit: Colorsport
      A source said Harry, 29, and wife Fern, 28, wanted somewhere private to escape with their two children.
      They added: “It’s been a tough year.
      “Harry’s struggled on the pitch and been targeted off it.
      “They need somewhere they can unwind.”

      Man United legend Rooney, 37, regularly holidays at the exclusive Royal Westmoreland resort with wife Coleen, 36, and their four kids after buying a £5million villa during his playing days.
      Match of the Day host Lineker, 62, still visits after selling a property there in 2010.
      Sir Cliff Richard and Denise van Outen are also regulars in the swish clubhouse.
      Maguire, a late sub in United’s dramatic 2-1 win over City in the Manchester derby, picked up the Barbados property during Covid.
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      He has also invested in a farm close to his family in Mosborough, South Yorks.
      A source said: “Harry is from Mosborough.
      “When he retires, that will be his long-term home.” More

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      Sir Alex Ferguson surrounded by stars from former rivals Liverpool after they move into his luxury street

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      SIR Alex Ferguson has found himself surrounded by a rival red army — after four Liverpool FC stars moved into luxury properties on his road.The legendary ex-Man United boss, 81, once declared that his greatest challenge at Old Trafford was “knocking Liverpool right off their f*g perch”.
      Alex Ferguson is surrounded by Liverpool stars after four players moved into luxury properties on his roadCredit: Getty
      Liverpool defender Joe Gomez bought a house on Ferguson’s private roadCredit: Getty
      And he will have to tone down his famous “hairdryer treatment” with his new neighbours after Anfield goalie Alisson Becker and defender Joe Gomez bought houses in the same private road.
      They join full-back Andy Robertson and midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in the exclusive area in Wilmslow, Cheshire.
      A source said: “Sir Alex spent most of his career at loggerheads with Liverpool managers, Liverpool players and Liverpool fans.
      “He lives in a wonderful secluded private road — but in recent years it’s caught the eye of some of the Liverpool lads.
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      “Andy Robertson and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain moved in first.
      “Now the other lads have moved in and they are joking that they are trying to keep their head down so Sir Alex doesn’t give them the hairdryer treatment.”
      But United and France defender Raphael Varane also lives in the road to provide Sir Alex with some moral support.
      Full-back Andy Robertson also lives on the exclusive road in Wilmslow, CheshireCredit: PA
      Goalie Alisson Becker recently moved into the areaCredit: Getty
      Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was the first Liverpool player to move inCredit: AP More

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      I forgot I owned house & spent £25k on bar bill – now I know reason why, says bankrupt footie star Jermaine Pennant

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      BANKRUPT ex-footie star Jermaine Pennant has told how he lost his career earnings of more than £10million — and got in such a mess he even forgot he owned a house.The former Liverpool winger splashed out on a fleet of supercars, homes, five-star holidays abroad and once paid a £25,000 bar bill on a lads’ break in Las Vegas. 
      Bankrupt ex-footie star Jermaine Pennant, with girlfriend Jess Impiazzi, has told how he lost his career earnings of more than £10millionCredit: Simon Jones
      Wonderkid Jermaine was at Arsenal at 15 – but says he was left without any real educationCredit: Getty
      While playing for Birmingham, Jermaine was jailed for drink-driving after crashing a Mercedes — when already banned for the same offenceCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
      But the 39-year-old, who describes himself as “financially illiterate”, also blew a fortune on bad investments and fell prey to hangers-on he says targeted him.
      And he went on to lose three houses and more money through a divorce and bankruptcy,
      He said: “In all honesty, I could have been a billionaire and still f***ed it up.
      “I have made so many mistakes but I did not know how to deal with things and would not think of the consequences of my actions.
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      “I have been labelled a bad-boy but, in reality, I was just an insecure kid who did not know what he was doing.”
      Pennant revealed he was diagnosed last year with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and PTSD linked to childhood trauma.
      His ADHD meant he once forgot he owned a house in Cheshire after moving from Liverpool to Spanish side Real Zaragoza — although he was still paying the interest-only mortgage on it.
      He bought the six-bedroom home in Hale for £1.2million on the advice of a fixer.
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      When he moved to Spain he left it empty — but it was later occupied by a drugs gang who caused a fire at the property.
      Pennant — now a footie pundit on talkSPORT — admitted: ☻“I bought houses but never spoke to an estate agent and had mortgages that I did not know about.
      “I took bad advice from bad people and just lived day to day.
      “There was a fixer who arranged things for me — but now I realise he swindled me out of money.
      “He advised me to buy the house in Hale for well over the odds and then to do a load of building work on it. But I wasn’t paying the builders, I was paying him.
      “That sort of thing happened to me wherever I went.
      “I would also go out and spend money on tables at nightclubs and not worry about it.
      “We did two trips to Las Vegas; and on the first one I picked up a bar bill of $30,000 (£25,000) for my mates — I did not even know what was being ordered.
      “I invested in horses and properties and have lost all the money.
      “I dread to think what the total would be but I guess it would be more than £10million.”
      Years of financial misjudgments and mistakes eventually caught up with the ex-Premier League star.
      The tipping point came when the taxman hit him with a bill for more than £1million in 2018.
      He was declared bankrupt at the start of this year with debts of more than £1million.
      Pennant, who starred on Celebrity Big Brother in 2018, said: “The bankruptcy did not happen overnight. It came from years of bad decisions and ignoring things.
      “We disputed the tax bill and I still do not know what it is for.
      “But that is the thing that led to the bankruptcy more than anything else. I had no idea what I was earning and what was coming out of my account.
      “Because of my ADHD, I would just ignore things and bury my head in the sand, even forgetting I owned a house.”
       But Pennant, who lives with actress girlfriend Jess Impiazzi, 33, in Surrey, insisted he was “happier than ever” after his bankruptcy and looking to the future.
      He continued: “It is not an ideal situation being made bankrupt — but it means I can rebuild my life and make a fresh start.”
      He said he regretted his past behaviour and urged young players not to make the same mistakes as he did, but to take sound advice and avoid the pitfalls of fame.
      Pennant, who has a 12-year-old son by an ex and was married to model Alice Goodwin from 2014 to 2020, once owned motors including a Ferrari F430, an Aston Martin DB9, a Lamborghini, a Porsche GTS and several Range Rovers. 
      He enjoyed luxury holidays at destinations including the Maldives, Bahamas, Seychelles and Dubai.
      The Nottingham-born ace’s career took off when Arsenal signed him from Notts County when he was 15. 
      He scored a hat-trick on his full Premier League debut for the Gunners aged 20 — but he later admitted he was hungover after going out the night before the match as he did not expect to be picked.
      But despite a promising start, he was shipped out on loan to various clubs before joining Birmingham City in 2005.
      While at the Blues, he was jailed for drink-driving after crashing a Mercedes into a lamppost — when he was already banned from the road for the same offence. But Birmingham stuck by him, and Pennant revealed manager Steve Bruce, whom team-mates dubbed his “stepdad”, visited him in category A Woodhill Prison in Milton Keynes as he served his sentence.
      After his release, he played with an electronic tag fitted to his ankle.
      He earned a big-money move to Liverpool where he played a key role in their run to the 2007 Champions League final, which they lost to AC Milan.
      After falling foul of boss Rafa Benitez, he joined Real Zaragoza on wages of £80,000 a week but only stayed at the club for a year.
      Pennant, who earned £30,000 a week at Liverpool, again hit headlines when he left his Porsche at a rail station in Spain for a month because he forgot about it.
      The England under-21 star then joined Stoke City. Spells at Wolves, FC Pune City in India, Wigan Athletic, Singapore side Tampines Rovers and Bury followed — before he ended his career at non-league Billericay Town in 2017.
      Pennant, who starred on Celebrity Big Brother in 2018, said: ‘The bankruptcy did not happen overnight. It came from years of bad decisions and ignoring things’Credit: Rex Features
      Despite a promising start with Arsenal, Jermaine was shipped out on loan to various clubs before joining Birmingham City in 2005Credit: Jamie McPhilimey
      The former Premier League ace ended his career at non-league Billericay Town in 2017Credit: Getty Images – Getty
      He explained: “I came from a rough council estate and became a ‘wonderkid’ when I was 15. I had no education really and knew nothing about finances and money.
      “No one at Arsenal helped me — they just stuck me in digs with a family. I would go training, go home and then be left to my own devices and hangers-on.
      “I developed an ego and had no self-worth so tried to gain it by showing I had money.”
      He admitted his biggest regret was his drink-driving conviction, which led to him being locked up alongside murderers and terrorists.
      Pennant also said he regrets revealing in his 2018 autobiography that he and former Arsenal and Chelsea defender Ashley Cole, 42, had threesomes with girls.
      He said: “The thing I am most ashamed of is the drink-driving.
      “I also regret what I said in the book — and regret writing it. It was another case of taking bad advice, and of not thinking of the consequences because of ADHD.
      “My agent Sky Andrew suffered during these periods because he was trying to make me listen to good advice but I was on the fast train to destruction”.
      “I thought everything would be OK but Ashley was not happy although we are still friends now.
      “I also regret going on Big Brother and don’t think that was a great decision for me.”
      He added: “I would do things without discussing it with anyone, I would hide stuff from my agent who was constantly getting me out of trouble.
      “Maybe the fact that Sky kept finding a way sort things out helped me think I was invincible.”
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      However, Pennant will this year be seen on Channel 4’s SAS: Who Dares Wins alongside ex-Health Secretary Matt Hancock.
      He concluded: “If I could say one thing to young players, it would be: Make sure you get help, good advice and are surrounded by decent people.” More