Do you remember when the Pozzo’s at Watford cheated with half a team of loanees from connected clubs in their first PL season? UEFA or the PL acted immediately, preventing that happening again. Similarly UEFA capped fee amortisation at 5 years after Boehly created 7 year contracts to swerve...
…. to St James’s Park for a low fee and modest salary, Neves ‘image rights’ paid from a Middle Eastern entity.
Rinse and repeat with several players and NU suddenly have the best squad in the PL. Hey presto silverware.
Neves was a surprising outlier. Age 26, tipped to sign for Liverpool, Spurs or Manure.
The lure of a tax free £47m overriding playing in La Liga or PL.
Do you remember the excuse churned out by football pundits who milked the Qatari WC? I feel I can do more good here, winning the hearts and minds of Qataris, in making the world a more tolerant place. Rather than being sat at home [not earning a wedge].
Tell me something I didn’t know already.
My point is that footballers can now quintuple their wealth in just three years in their 30’s, putting them on a level with superstar golfers and F1 drivers.
£125 net worth, unbelievable.
I’ve worked out some numbers, on existing wealth using the typical guesses on the internet.
It appears that a three year spell in Saudi will turn the net worth of folk like Kante, Henderson, Neves and Kante, from £25m now to £125m at retirement. Saudi wages will be tax free.
£25m would’ve set...