Sol owed over £180,00 in wages

Former Macclesfield Town manager Sol Campbell wants the club to be wound up because debts have not been paid, a judge has heard.

Judge Catherine Addy was told on Wednesday that Macclesfield bosses owed a “very large” amount of tax and owed Campbell more than £180,000.

Tax officials have asked for the club to be wound up and former England international Campbell, who played for Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth, Newcastle United and Notts County, supported that application, lawyers told Judge Addy.

The judge was given updates on the League Two football club’s debt problems at a hearing in the specialist Insolvency and Companies Court in London. She said Macclesfield bosses should get time to clear debts and said the case would be reconsidered on December 18.

Barrister Raj Arumugam, who represented HM Revenue & Customs, asked the judge to make a winding up order. He did not say how much tax Macclesfield owed but the judge said the sum was “very large”.

Barrister Philip Currie, who represented Campbell, said Macclesfield owed his client about £182,000. He said Campbell, now the manager of Southend,  also wanted the club to be wound up.

Barrister Sam Hodge, who represented Macclesfield, told of money transaction difficulties. He said there had been issues moving “large sums” from a director’s account in Spain. Mr Hodge said a payment made to HM Revenue & Customs had “bounced back”.

The judge adjourned the hearing for two weeks. She said if “banking transaction problems” continued she wanted then to be explained in detail in writing.