Re: The Football Chat Thread : Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:05 pm  

CORNISH wrote: here you go. and of course evra never once changed his account did he !!!!!!!!!!!! oh hold on...... http://newsframes.wordpress.com/2012/01 ... hurnalism/ you made the allegations of lying I merely pointed out that Suarez, Comolli and Kuyt all changed their stories, the latter two seemingly when they realised / were told that their accounts contradicted the player who had been accused. how convenient

CORNISH wrote: here you go. and of course evra never once changed his account did he !!!!!!!!!!!! oh hold on...... http://newsframes.wordpress.com/2012/01 ... hurnalism/ you made the allegations of lying I merely pointed out that Suarez, Comolli and Kuyt all changed their stories, the latter two seemingly when they realised / were told that their accounts contradicted the player who had been accused. how convenient

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Mon Jan 09, 2012 2:28 pm  

Anybody know how the new higher tax rate in Spain wil affect their big clubs?

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Mon Jan 09, 2012 2:35 pm  

Wnidyone2012 wrote:

Anybody know how the new higher tax rate in Spain wil affect their big clubs?

massive increases in the amounts of tax players will be forced to pay, which iirc was an increase from 20% -> 54%, which would mean massive pay rises were needed for top players to keep earning the same.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Mon Jan 09, 2012 3:04 pm  

Would this mean that Barca and Real in particular being given massive wage increase demands by their stars?

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Mon Jan 09, 2012 3:13 pm  

Wnidyone2012 wrote: Would this mean that Barca and Real in particular being given massive wage increase demands by their stars? I would expect so 'Foreign footballers have been taking advantage of a loophole allowing them to only pay 24% income tax since 2003, when David Beckham was the first to enjoy the benefits of this law following his move to Real from Man Utd. However, the Spanish government have just scrapped the loophole meaning all foreign footballers will now have to pay 54% tax on their income. Good news for the Premier League, as teams can now compete in terms of wages with the Spanish giants once again, but bad news for players like Ronaldo who is on a whopping £250,000 per-week. The changes to tax laws will mean either Ronaldo will in effect take a huge pay-cut to remain in Spain, or Madrid will have to increase his wages. Unlikely given they’re already shelling-out £250,000 a week!' http://football-talk.co.uk/55339/cristi ... n-man-utd/

Wnidyone2012 wrote: Would this mean that Barca and Real in particular being given massive wage increase demands by their stars? I would expect so 'Foreign footballers have been taking advantage of a loophole allowing them to only pay 24% income tax since 2003, when David Beckham was the first to enjoy the benefits of this law following his move to Real from Man Utd. However, the Spanish government have just scrapped the loophole meaning all foreign footballers will now have to pay 54% tax on their income. Good news for the Premier League, as teams can now compete in terms of wages with the Spanish giants once again, but bad news for players like Ronaldo who is on a whopping £250,000 per-week. The changes to tax laws will mean either Ronaldo will in effect take a huge pay-cut to remain in Spain, or Madrid will have to increase his wages. Unlikely given they’re already shelling-out £250,000 a week!' http://football-talk.co.uk/55339/cristi ... n-man-utd/

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Mon Jan 09, 2012 3:30 pm  

Thanks.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Mon Jan 09, 2012 3:33 pm  

There's no way the footballers in Spain will be paying 54% tax. They'll have numerous accountants that ensure they don't pay anything like that amount.

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Mon Jan 09, 2012 5:40 pm  

McClennan wrote:

There's no way the footballers in Spain will be paying 54% tax. They'll have numerous accountants that ensure they don't pay anything like that amount.

Thought the Spanish Government were determined to block any loop holes?

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Mon Jan 09, 2012 6:00 pm  

most of the big earners probably don't even pay their taxes in Spain (like english based players) - many used to be paid in Luxembourg or Lichenstein etc - don't know if it's still the case

Re: The Football Chat Thread : Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:42 pm  

Roddy B wrote: By the way, an outstanding interview from John Barnes on Sky news before. http://news.sky.com/home/video/health/video/16144726 Not sure on some of his 'punditry', but on things like this he's bang on. Watched that last night. Speaks more sense in 5 minutes than most people have on this forum in 2 months. Fanatastic interview. Rob, do you rate Abel Hernadez? Apparantley he's the latest to be linked with us?

Roddy B wrote: By the way, an outstanding interview from John Barnes on Sky news before. http://news.sky.com/home/video/health/video/16144726 Not sure on some of his 'punditry', but on things like this he's bang on. Watched that last night. Speaks more sense in 5 minutes than most people have on this forum in 2 months. Fanatastic interview. Rob, do you rate Abel Hernadez? Apparantley he's the latest to be linked with us?