Quote Originally Posted by Former Labour leader View Post
As you well know this forum very often strays in politics.
This business about criticising footballers over their salaries is like people having a moan about the woman down the road who does a bit of cleaning on the side while claiming benefits. The net loss to the Treasury ie you and me is feck all compared to the billions that big business and its owners are avoiding in tax, very often illegally, but certainly always immorily, by diverting profits via offshore tax havens.
You must be joking if you think footballers earning big money are any different to business men. I looked up three names in Companies House on spec

Neil Warnock has a media business and a hotel business.

Joseph ( Joe) Ralls has a property development business

Aaaron James Ramsey has three businesses including a big bespoke property business

I bet if I spent some time looking through the premier league players a lot will be operating significant businesses.