Steffen Iversen declared bankrupt

[HJ19London]

saw this on twitter, thought It was sad for a player who could have been so good

FORMER Spurs ace Steffen Iversen has been declared bankrupt by Norwegian tax officials | News Anyway

FORMER Spurs ace Steffen Iversen has been declared bankrupt by Norwegian tax officials – leading his former agent to take a swipe at the British legal system over the striker’s financial woes. The forward is fondly remembered by Tottenham fans for his exquisite lob against Wimbledon in the 1999...

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[Donki]

I remember when we signed him I thought he was going to be some wonder kid, how shite he turned out to be.

 

[Col_M]

To be fair, he wasn’t Shite. We’ve had much much worse.

 

[SugarRay]

Didn’t injuries do for him?

 

[Ray_Evans]

& a fondness for a few light ales, allegedly.

 

[Marty]

Didn’t injuries do for him?

& a fondness for a few light ales, allegedly.

Yeah, both. Our complete lack of a competent physio department and an admission from himself that he hit the bottle a lot when injured (which was a lot) and didn't take care of himself meant we only saw glimpses of his potential.

He did score double figures two seasons running, 98/99 and 99/00, which was brilliant for us at the time. He wasn't terrible by any stretch.

 

[Spursmatty87]

Remember him scoring a good hat trick up in Sunderland. Good player

 

[Thewobbler]

So his divorce fucked him over. How much did he have to give over.

 

['O Zio]

I suppose it's hard to really judge without knowing the specific details but it does seem ridiculous to me when these divorce "settlements" completely screw over the bloke I'm the relationship to the point where a pro footballer is being made bankrupt as a result. Surely that makes no sense to anybody.

 

[TheChosenOne]

saw this on twitter, thought It was sad for a player who could have been so good

FORMER Spurs ace Steffen Iversen has been declared bankrupt by Norwegian tax officials | News Anyway

FORMER Spurs ace Steffen Iversen has been declared bankrupt by Norwegian tax officials – leading his former agent to take a swipe at the British legal system over the striker’s financial woes. The forward is fondly remembered by Tottenham fans for his exquisite lob against Wimbledon in the 1999...

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We were only speaking about him on here a couple of days ago.

 

[TheChosenOne]

We were only speaking about him on here a couple of days ago.

Nostalgia-Hell thread.

 

[slartibartfast]

I won a trip to spurs v wolves at our old ground on TS by answering SE. Forget the question lol.
Shame to hear that but I doubt he's skint.
Edit. Hire a hitman, its cheaper and more satisfying.

 

[SlotBadger]

Any of our Norwegian posters know if he's doing okay following the bankruptcy?

 

[SlotBadger]

I won a trip to spurs v wolves at our old ground on TS by answering SE. Forget the question lol.
Shame to hear that but I doubt he's skint.
Edit. Hire a hitman, its cheaper and more satisfying.

Someone said the same thing today on Twitter - is that you or did they just dish out tickets because nobody wanted to watch us in 2003?

 

[slartibartfast]

Someone said the same thing today on Twitter - is that you or did they just dish out tickets because nobody wanted to watch us in 2003?

Wasnt me on Twitter and as far as I know it was just one winner so they're talking shit.

 

[SlotBadger]

Wasnt me on Twitter and as far as I know it was just one winner so they're talking shit.

They must have struggled to fill the ground for that match...

 

[slartibartfast]

They must have struggled to fill the ground for that match...

Did he say on TS? Strange.

 

[ERO]

Any of our Norwegian posters know if he's doing okay following the bankruptcy?

From what I can see the bankrupcy case was pulled by the tax officials the day before it was going to be in court.

Not much news from him after that, apart from a piece on his opinon Alexander Sørloth in June. "As a supporter I wish to see him at Tottenham, but I wouldn't handle playing for Mourinho, so I would go for Leipzig if I was him"...

 

[Steffen]

There was a piece on him in Norway's biggest newspaper back in March, talking about his time at Tottenham. The tax case wasn't mentioned, so I assume he is on his feet.

In short he says that he loved his time at Tottenham, even though he was injured a lot of the time. First time he was back at the Lane after leaving, back in 2003, he was surprised at how many people remembered who he was.