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Former Newcastle United striker Obafemi Martins was broke despite earning £75,000 a week, a High Court judge has been told.
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Martins was "constantly overdrawn" and regularly blew £40,000 in a weekend before withdrawing another £25,000 on Monday, the court heard.

The 25-year-old is being sued by his former agent, Chris Nathaniel, whose company NVA claims it managed every aspect of his life and gave him cash advances.

NVA say he owes a £284,000 fee plus interest for managing his finances and other areas, and used Nathaniel in what Judge Richard Seymour QC described as "a Jeeves role".

Martins signed the a lucrative £75,000-a-week contract when he joined Newcastle from Internazionale for £10 million in 2006.

Robert Tennink, the lawyer representing NVA, told the High Court in London: "Despite earning these vast sums of money he was constantly overdrawn."

Martins, now of German champions Wolfsburg, owned a multi-million pound mansion in Darras Hall, Northumbria and rented a luxury flat on Newcastle's Quayside. He also had several high-performance cars.

The striker is fighting the claim. He was not in court on Thursday and the hearing is scheduled to last for three days.
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brash,         [color=#006600]Well the people wey them life depend on am know, me i no send

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it seems u understand ,,,,,,,,,,,,
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carmelily (f), watever, thats ur problem im sure  u one of those people like to make mockery of others out there in nigeria, wats ur profession? , and u not smarter than my professor or my tutor, just go and take a chill pills before i pop ur brain out ,

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come hang out with me , u wouldnt regret it,  i like wild girls .u better be 1,,,because i like clubbin a lot , lol , manchester is not too bad but london is the bomb

seriously u know them girls if they likes money they cant hide it ,

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who told u poverty is a curse  na wa for u o, so i guess u lookin for some already made guys ? dont worry ur dream will come through , at least i believe most of the riches peoples today work hard for their money.for example alan sugar, in uk , so many others peoples. i do believe if a guy make a plan to achieve something in life it make take time to accomplish, to all you guys outhere.dont marry some girls that likes to much of money cos they only loves you cos of the money and u better watch out for those snake if u know wat i mean ?

do u like british educations better than nigeria education.  as for me i dont really know cos i never attended nigeria universities.

what makes you think nigeria education is better than british or the other way round ?

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[b]Now's he's like the Pa of Nollywood.,very funny karmod