Ex-Liverpool winger Pennant in the money at Zaragoza
Former Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant is in the money at new club Real Zaragoza.
The Mirror says Pennant has secured a "dream" move to Real Zaragoza after becoming the latest Premier League tax exile.
The former Liverpool winger, 26, has followed this summer's trend of snubbing England in favour of an amazing three-year contract in Spain.
Pennant will earn £45,000-a-week AFTER tax and be given a free villa and car as part of the package.
Spain's new rules mean tax is capped at 40 per cent and big earners can pay as little as 24 per cent tax if they exploit a loophole and acquire "foreign executive" status.
The tax rate is less than half of Britain's 50 per cent tax rate which has prompted Real Zaragoza to pick up Pennant's tax bill.
That allowed them to snatch Pennant ahead of AC Milan, Espanyol and Atletico Madrid, who were all keen to sign one of the most in-demand players in this summer's transfer market.
Any English club wanting to sign Pennant would have had to pay him £90,000-a-week to match the deal he is now getting at Real Zaragoza.
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Comments (4)
Wow!! Low tax and a free villa to live in, good life for Jermaine Pennant!!!
pennant is a cr*p player... 90K per week for him?
NOOOOOO!
Taxs problem will kill English football mark my word.
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