Published: 17:00, 29 March 2026 | Updated: 17:00, 29 March 2026

'I was sick of picking up the paper reading about ex-teammates going bankrupt. I was like ''wow''... with the career you have had, how has that happened?'

Bryan Robson is on a crusade. In his playing days with Manchester United and England, he was revered by his peers as arguably the finest midfielder of a generation. Selflessly throwing himself into the battle to benefit his team.

Today, Captain Marvel, as he was known, has donned a new cape.

Saddened at seeing so many contemporaries fall into financial ruin, many at the hands of unscrupulous agents or opportunist chancers, Robson just had to act.

He had felt the pain first hand of a financial sting. He had been duped into investing £250,000 into a supposed Hilton hotel venture in Whistler, Canada that never got built.

And, worse still, he had lost £550,000 to HMRC in a film investment scheme that was supposed to give tax relief.

'The moment they sign that first professional contract, footballers become a target,' says Robson. 'They are a cash...