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  • The footballers must have their money tied up in trusts and other loophole-exploiting methods.

    Avoidance I have no issue with - evasion I do.

    You'd guess so, not sure how this goes, but in a lot of European countries there's a tax ruling for foreigners (Spain, Netherlands and Italy off the top of my head). As a temporary (max 10 years IIRC) foreign worker in the Netherlands you'll pay maximum 30% income tax and here is some information on the situation in Spain, they called it the Beckham law. Real Madrid did an awesome deal by offering him a "tax-free" salary.

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