The multi-million pound property empire of Liverpool FC boss Brendan Rodgers has been laid bare in an ongoing divorce battle over his fortune with his estranged wife.
Rodgers, who left his wife of 14 years, Susan, last year, is battling with his former partner over their estimated £10million fortune and a property portfolio that consists of a reported 102 houses.
The dispute came before a judge in London yesterday, with both of the pair’s lawyers slugging it out over their buy-to-let property empire.
Brendan Rodgers and his wife, Susan, were together for more than 20 years but split two years after he became Liverpool boss
The court heard that each of their 102 properties would have to be valued – at an estimated cost of some £35,000 – before lawyers can decide how the empire is split between the couple.
It is understood Rodgers has already agreed to pay monthly maintenance to Susan running into 'several thousand pounds'.
The couple met while Rodgers was a youth team player at Reading and have two children, Swindon Town footballer Anton, 22, and daughter Mischa.
Rodgers is now in a relationship with 31-year-old Charlotte Hind, who used to work at Liverpool.
The 42-year-old football boss - whose properties are said to be scattered around the UK - had a conviction for neglecting a rental property quashed in April.
He was fined at Blackburn Magistrates' Court for leaving a £69,950 terrace house in Accrington, Lancashire, with broken windows and doors and rubbish strewn across the garden.
The couple, pictured in 2013, were in a court in London this week as they decide how to divide their assets
Rodgers has recently been seen out with Charlotte Hind, 31, a former worker at the Merseyside football club
Hyndburn Borough Council, which took the action, said in a subsequent statement that both Rodgers and co-owner Judith O'Hagan had their case overturned at a later hearing.
The pair had been ordered to fix the windows, doors and roof, and to remove the rubbish, but the house was left to rot.
The conviction was overturned after it emerged neither Rodgers or Miss O’Hagan had received the court summons.
Sam Hall, from JMW Solicitors representing Rodgers, said: ‘Mr Rodgers has asked that his family’s privacy be respected. We will not be making another further comment at this time.’
A spokesman for Vardags, the law firm representing Mrs Rodgers, said earlier this year: 'Susan is saddened that after a relationship spanning 24 years she had to go to court to secure sufficient maintenance from her husband.'
The firm declined to comment on the latest hearing.
The divorce dispute is reported over Rodgers' future earnings as Liverpool manager
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