1 week Ago By [email protected] (Darragh Mc Donagh)
Irish football legend Liam Brady is in line for a cash windfall of more than €500,000 as he is winding up his media company after announcing his retirement as a pundit with RTÉ last year. A liquidator has been appointed to Liam Brady Media Limited – a company set up by the former Arsenal midfielder in 2012 to manage revenue from his activities as a co-commentator and panellist. The firm had cash and other current assets worth €584,707 at the end of last year.
After the company’s creditors are paid, Brady is looking at a payout of around €570,000 as the sole shareholder of the firm after it’s wound up. READ MORE: Woman rushed to hospital in critical condition following two-car collision in Cork READ MORE: Cost of National Library project doubles with OPW set to spend €50 million It represents a nice nest egg for the 68-year-old, who hung up the mic with RTÉ in June 2023, having formed part of an iconic punditry panel alongside fellow Irish internationals Eamon Dunphy and John Giles. Brady is the sole owner of the company, which recorded profits of €34,007 prior to his retirement last year, while his son, Michael, and nephew, Eamonn, are listed as its directors.
The Dubliner began his football career with Arsenal, winning the FA Cup and becoming the first foreigner to be named Players’ Player of the Year in 1979. He signed for Juventus the following year for just over £500,000. He won two Italian championships with the club in 1981 and 1982, but moved to Sampdoria after they signed Michel Platini.
He also played for Internazionale and Ascoli in Italy before signing for West Ham in 1987. After hanging up his boots in 1990, Brady had unsuccessful spells as manager of Celtic and Brighton and Hove Albion. He rejoined Arsenal as head of youth development in 1996 and enjoyed success in this role until 2014.
Having been capped for the Republic of Ireland 72 times, scoring nine goals, he became assistant manager of the international side under Giovanni Trapattoni in 2008, stepping down in April 2010. Brady’s career as a pundit began on the BBC during the 1990 World Cup, after Jack Charlton declined his offer to come out of retirement for the tournament. He debuted on RTÉ during the 1998 World Cup and formed a popular triumvirate with John Giles and Eamon Dunphy , who were famously the subject of sketches on Aprés Match.
After retiring last year, Brady told RTÉ that he had fallen out of love with football, or at least with the culture that surrounds it. “I think things have changed with football now. I am not in love with the game anymore,” he said.
“I like watching it. I like watching the players and the best players but all the things that surround it is not really for me. “It’s huge now.
It’s a multi-billion pound business, isn’t it? The ownership of clubs in England, the arrival of these countries like Qatar, Saudi Arabia. I don’t think it’s been that good for the game.” Join the Irish Mirror’s breaking news service on WhatsApp.
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