Xabi Alonso Warns That Tax Will Drive Top Players Away
Even footballers have turned on the government. Xabi Alonso believes Gordon Brown's economic
policies have weakened English football and that the Premier League's star players could be forced
to the Continent to escape the weak pound and the incoming 50% tax rate.
Alonso is refusing to commit himself to Liverpool next season, with Real Madrid eager to to take
him to the Bernabeu, and with Alonso estimating he is losing a third of his earnings he is edging
closer to a return to Spain.
Anfield Talk @ Jun 21, 2009 4:39 AM EST | Blog Profile
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