True but corruption exists

@@Charles-nc6kn I agree but from an outsiders pov it would look dodgy

Mate, they pay less tax than me and you forget millionaire footballers.

​@tetrafootball Maybe because you are using global revenue, not UK? But UK taxes. Understandable but still not acceptable mistake. Given the media are equally financially illiterate so state the same

@@setokaiba. exactly

Tax avoidance isn’t corruption you donkey

No way , would never of guessed

The officials are good boys, and today they feel innocent.

Where there's money to be made there always corruption it's a shame but true

Always. So how about fans just enjoy the football on the field and stop stressing about all this other crap?

I agree impressive

These are brilliant

not really. the video misses a critical component, which is that on players purchased from abroad, for some strange reason, its the selling club that supports the agent fee in full...

Big difference between losing 20% and 50% though

@@mcorriette1big difference when the actual value is meaningless to the “higher earners” pockets.

Hilary Clinton tried to shame trump for doing this but he flipped it around saying he did but so did all her supporters and her

@@mcorriette1always one! op rises a great point!

Yea very dodgy imo

Hope you guys dont get one would be great to see you have a fair shot

not the best scenario for us to get a mention 😂

Give this man his video Alfie.

To think they almost won the league

Bayern werent the only one who helped Dortmund though. There's a rule to every bundesliga team to give some money for club whos struggling financially. Idk about recent rule but back in the day they had that. But yes Bayern are the one who gave the biggest money to Dortmund but it's not true that they are the only club.

@@bimapriambada1098 Thats a pretty cool rule

You keep posting this so often, however Bayern didn't save Dortmund, they didn't give them a massive amount of money

"literally only moved clubs for tax avoidance" Proceeds to mention his transfer to England due to wages.

ah but why pay more when you can pay less? Feels like that's normalized for the rich. Maybe they even feel that taxes are "stealing" their money or whatever. But as usual nobody cares about the non-rich lol

It’s not tax avoidance though like even you could pay less tax it’s just you don’t have an accountant who knows how to pay less taxes. It’s actually funny to see people react like you because you don’t understand taxes, I don’t understand taxes, we don’t understand taxes because we’re not the HMRC or accountants and yet people like you think you know what these people should be paying when you don’t. They use loopholes created by the HMRC

@@Alphoricit’s funny to see people like you who think hoarding tonnes of cash in an off-shore bank account requires intelligence and skill.

@@tomthomassony8607 the hmrc make rules on taxes yes Accountants know these rules and how to follow them and so can pay the bare minimum that they legally have to Normal people don’t know these rules and so pay a lot more than they actually should But even you could save on taxes if you had an accountant but you’d be paying more for the accountant than you’d save on taxes Yh it doesn’t require intelligence or skill it requires an accountant like I said. Until you become an accountant I don’t think you can call it tax avoidance because you don’t know the tax rules. You know professional gamblers don’t even pay any tax because casino winnings aren’t taxed so are they avoiding tax or just using the rules set by the HMRC

​​@@tomthomassony8607t does because these ppl hide their money so we'll, not even governments can find it

Same I thought surely there would be issues with tax

@@tetrafootball Yeah good friend,but the Premier League would just cover up those stories and claim that they are running the footballing company cleanly but the fact is,they would feel shameful if they would reveal about the tax evasion scandals which would tarnish their reputations!!!#BOYCOTTPREMIERLEAGUE #BOYCOTTEUROPEANCOMPETITIONS #BOYCOTTFIFAWORLDCUP

@@depekthegreat359 Unfortunately so

facts

But in Canada football is still a hugely minor sport and have hugely overspent without attracting enough interest

I agree

what

such rules have existed for a looong time

Nope

You should try watching the video before you comment on it, just an idea!

@@HITCSevens why haven’t they been charged if they’ve apparently been avoiding tax this long Answer they haven’t been avoiding tax you just have a problem with how the tax system works

@@HITCSevens having watched it, its funny how Jorge Mendes is mentioned countless times and some of the players he represents are shown but theres no mention of the fact that with virtually every player sold from Portugal to England its the Portuguese club footing the full 10% (used to be 20%) agent fee. Its a contentious topic here in Portugal and why Mendes is hated by many

@Alphoric Again, it's in the video!

Considering that they use Getty Images, there should not be any issues.

except that normally its the selling club paying the agent fee in full when its a player coming from abroad

the former coach of the Portuguese national team actually did that. he along the Portuguese FA are now in deep legal trouble over it

Ask all the rich aristocrats sitting in the house of lords how much they get each year from Shell in consultancy fees.

Shell do it by using there base off shore even tho they work onshore, basically loopholes. Shell registered in Ireland like nearly all major company's , then when EU go after them they registered in non EU countries

He probably is, Getty has a bot sends you threatening legal letters otherwise lmao

Football. It's dirty, rotten, broken, riddled with money men and criminals.

Corruption

A scandal that doesn’t exist Yh crazy stuff Every single player and agent is paying taxes they’re just using the HMRC or other tax body rules to pay less That’s not a scandal it just shows that taxes are less for rich people as they can afford accountants who know how to pay less tax It’s impossible to complain about this type of thing because the only way they can do this is because the people who collect the tax say they can do this

@@Alphoric very true that

@@tetrafootball professional gamblers don’t pay tax because casino winnings aren’t taxed are they avoiding tax or are they just following the rules made by the taxman. That’s what it all comes down to if the hmrc had stricter tax rules then maybe they’d pay more tax but they want to pay the minimum amount and the hmrc let them as they made the rules

This is a classic case of "Rules as Written" versus "Rules as Intended". Let me give a simplified example of it: You've just baked a cake and your child wants to eat it, but you baked it for a party happening later that day. You say to your child "keep your hands off the cake". The child then walks over to the cake and, hands behind their back, takes a big ol' bite of it. Now, they kept their hands off the cake. They interpreted the rules correctly. Their hands were nowhere near it. By your definition, that wasn't a scheme, they just used a loophole by interpreting the law. Realistically, though, they knew they were purposefully misusing the rules to their own advantage, and that's where this comes in. Now, of course, lawmakers have a much higher level of responsibility when it comes to writing ironclad laws that don't allow for shenanigans, but at the same time, doing something you shouldn't just because it isn't explicitly written somewhere is still wrong. That's why there's court cases for this type of thing; the burden is on the prosecution to prove that the clubs are purposefully skirting laws in order to avoid paying higher tax. It's also the difference between avoidance and evasion, as Alfie talked about in this video.