Andy Hunter in the Guardian is reporting that the Liverpool right-back Alvaro Arbeloa is open to a return to Spain. I am sure he misses his mothers cooking, well probably any Spanish cooking, but what really seems to have him misty eyed is the new 50% tax rate being proposed by the British Government for high income earners. Someone has to pay for all the stimulus spending but Arbeloa is damned if it will be him “In the last few years the Premier League has been much better than the Spanish league, but now that may even out thanks to factors that could give the Premier League more problems than in previous years, like the fall of the pound and the raise in taxes. They will make a lot of players move to Spain. ….”. Wow, all that bench time has broadened the guys thinking. Word is Super Boss Florentino Pérez at Franco Madrid may be keen.
Though Arbeloa’s thinking does not end with currency and taxes, “..Mind you, Adidas told me that the Liverpool shirt is their best seller, more so even than Madrid, so that shows that the Premier League has reached every corner of the world.” Obviously his piece of the image rights pie is also at the forefront of his thinking. Well I suppose if the dreamboat Joey Barton can collect £675,000 a year from the Geordies for his image rights then Alvaro must be worth something…right?
I wonder if he even bothers paying an agent.
Oh and Alvaro, the pound is making a come back, but I am sure you already knew this.
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