Premier League star ‘chased by debt collectors after refusing to pay for a £25,000 set of veneers’

A PREMIER League star was chased by debt collectors after refusing to pay for a £25,000 set of dental veneers, it has been claimed.

The “playboy” top flight star walked out of a posh Harley Street dental studio with gleaming gnashers honed from custom-made porcelain moulds.

GettyA Premier League star was chased by debt collectors after refusing to pay for a £25,000 set of dental veneers, it has been claimed[/caption]

But the well-known player – who has not been identified – believed he would be receiving the treatment free thanks to his fame and ignored pleas to pay up.

The top London dentist was left with no option but to call in specialist debt collectors to chase up the bill and the star paid up only after court action was launched.

His case was revealed yesterday as the most extreme of a raft of dental bill dodging cases reported amid Britain’s snowballing theft epidemic.

A national debt collection agency revealed yesterday that requests to chase up dental customers who refuse to pay has rocketed 20 per cent in recent months.

Chris Spencer, from Frontline Collections, said of the case: “He was a Premier League footballer but it ended up going through the court process and eventually we got him to pay.

“He was kind of all over the place and it was well known he was a bit of a playboy.

“I think he has calmed down now.”

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