Good morning.
Did you know that questionnaires have also been sent to 24 clubs asking for information regarding free holidays, luxury homes and other gifts?
The investigation is being carried out by HMRC’s High Net Worth Unit, which was specially created to target individuals worth in excess of £20million.
If the answers to the questionnaires are not satisfactory, then a full-scale investigation could soon follow.
Presumably common examples of benefits/expenses for professional footballers include company cars, platinum toilet roll holders, health insurance, diamond encrusted mobile phones, travel, various entertainment expenses including £27,000 bar bills, Luis Vuitton toenail clippers, that sort of thing.
This only adds weight to the notion that HMRC are making a concerted effort to make someone, anyone from the world of football a high profile coup.
Speaking of high profile coups, Tony Fernandes’ decision to bin Neil Warnock may be causing aftershocks in the boardroom at The Lane. As run on here at least twice in recent months, Mark Hughes is/was being held in a holding pattern to step in should Arry become ‘unavailable’ *cough, cough* to carry out his duties.
Hughes’ face this morning is plastered everywhere in relation to the brand new vacancy. Which poses a …poser now as what we ought to do should he accept.
Whoever takes over at QPR wants there head looking at anyway. Pitiful gate receipts and a Chairman with delusions of grandeur. Nice combo.
I fully expect Hughes to be installed as Qpr manager within the next 24 hours, my fervent hope is that they are relegated well before the last game of the season, no doubt an escape clause will be inserted for Judas Hughes. As for HMRC v Redknapp, if convicted i would expect 12-18 months with time off for good behavior, HMRC will also seek reparation. They are seeking a high profile example. Hope i am wrong though. COYS.
I hope you are wrong too, but the scenario reagrding HR is feasible.
My personal experience of wealthy celebrities is that they pay for very little as there are queues of companies and individuals only too ready to give them stuff for nothing.
As for our next manager the situation will be heavily influenced by the result of the court case.
If Arry is convicted even if he doesn’t do porridge will the uber conservative FA be keen to appoint him England manager ? I think not. However, having got Spurs playing the best football and enjoying our best league run since 1961 why would the board want rid of him ? The Pleat scenario is a possibility just to keep the seat warm with big Joe, Kev and Clive keeping things as close to normal as pos.
I really don’t think the FA will offer him the job, regardless of the court case. I just don’t think HR is “FA material”.
and just to cheer everyone up this: Spurs have more points after 19 games (42) than any team had managed at the same stage of season 2010-11.
I must say that i have had some problems with the self scanners at Tesco recently. A bottle of Shiraz and a platter of assorted Cheese failed to scan although the Magners and Pimms scanned no problem. I`m sure it was simply a malfunction of the equipment on all 5 occasions and AWT deserves the benefit of the doubt.
Did you check the time when you scanned them though? Was it Pimms O’Clock??
Get diCanio in now, before rednuts gets his stretch :whistle:
FACKINELLLL!!
I’d strongle that nazi cnut, myself… ;)
Bagsy me first! :daumen: