Collingwood star Scott Pendlebury has launched a near $3 million lawsuit against his longtime friend and soccer club entrepreneur Jason Sourasis after a business deal between them went sour.

The two-time premiership player alleges Sourasis, the boss of dormant A-League team Western United , and his financial planning group misappropriated $2.15 million for use in his development projects.

One of the stars of the AFL, Collingwood’s Scott Pendlebury has launched legal action in the Supreme Court of Victoria. Credit: via Getty Images

At the time, Pendlebury was a client of Sourasis’ financial planning group, Strategic Financial Planning. He also alleges that he loaned $300,000 to Sourasis that was never repaid.

Pendlebury – who also used to count Sourasis as his AFL agent – is seeki

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