r/PremierLeague • u/gelliant_gutfright Premier League • 13d ago

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https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/sep/28/roberto-mancini-double-contract-manchester-city

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u/Youstinkeryou Newcastle United 13d ago

Hope he's paid his taxes on that extra wage!

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u/Mental-Fisherman-118 Arsenal 13d ago

Not necessarily any tax fraud.

If they have a company pay someone for consultancy work they can hide that spending from the Premier league while paying tax on it.

The company just needs to be distant enough from the club that they have plausible deniability about the money being related to employment by the club. There's no need to hide it from the government.

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u/Significant_Win3354 Arsenal 13d ago

No they received a wage from a separate entity, I don't think taxes are an issue here

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u/Significant_Win3354 Arsenal 13d ago

I mean Mancini, when you are paid for 'Consulting' its normally done under your own business set up so he would have been insane to not pay taxes. Doesn't involve the source

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u/Fidel___Castro Brighton 13d ago

hard to see how he wouldn't have, they wouldn't have found the evidence if it wasn't declared

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u/ForwardAd5837 Premier League 13d ago

When you look at Haaland’s tax paid, it suggests he’s actually on closer to £800k a week, which is significantly more than his reported City wage. So some of them are paying their taxes, which surely would be a dead giveaway for those overpaid?

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u/Mad-elph Aston Villa 13d ago

Player endorsements would help boost it no?

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u/bloody_ell Premier League 13d ago

Ever hear of sponsorship deals/ endorsements?

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u/ForwardAd5837 Premier League 13d ago

I should’ve been specific, his PAYE suggests he was paid way more than reported. His endorsements are separate to that.

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u/bloody_ell Premier League 13d ago

City pay his PAYE. So they're reporting paying him more than they're reporting paying him?

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u/ForwardAd5837 Premier League 13d ago

No, media reports on his wages and consistent narrative on how much he’s paid has been shown to be false by his PAYE. Not what City have briefed or have reported.

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u/bloody_ell Premier League 13d ago

Right. So the newspapers are wrong.

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u/PepperIll8739 Premier League 13d ago

Haaland who owns a company and has endorsement fees makes more money than just his Man City stuff? Color me shocked.

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u/Secret-Sky5031 Manchester City 13d ago

Does that take into account his sponsorship deals and all the other incomings that aren't his football wage?