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    The taxing issue affecting La Liga

    By Lucy Turner

    Thursday, November 5, 2009

    The Spanish league could very soon lose one of its handiest advantages, an advantage which puts its clubs in pole position in the European transfer market - namely the low tax charges foreign players enjoy in La Liga. This week Spanish football was hit hard with a government decision. A painful blow to all the top clubs and one that has put them all on alert, to the extent that rumours of a potential strike are flying around. No one likes financial interference and that is precisely the min ...

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