[ Dailymail ] It’s a horribly familiar situation for many of us: no sooner is it payday than various bills and shopping trips mean we’re right back where we started.

But you’d expect it to be a different story for a Premier League footballer earning £75,000 a week.

Not, however, in the case of former Newcastle United striker Obafemi Martins , who was often broke, according to claims about the star’s prodigious spending habits in a court case yesterday.

The revelations marked the start of a bitter legal battle between the player and his former management company, as it was claimed that he regularly withdrew £40,000 at weekends and a further £25,000 the following Monday.

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