KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum Glen Johnson and Joe Cole

instead of getting xabi back javi martinez would be a better option young player from bilbao

I think both have a lot to offer, and they give us the english side to our game, Cole's season could have been so different if he didn't get sent off in the first game or have so many little injuries, and Johnson has improved over the season, plus can play in numerous positions RB, LB, RM posibly CB. But before being offloaded they should be given the option to lower there wages. Cant see it happening no way would they lower there wage to stay at us.

If they go, am sure we will get better replacements, but i would like them to english

Am I right in thinking though that the taxation in Spain is so much lower that the Premier League guys will actually be seeing less of their salary in their pocket than those in Spain ??? So Alonso will actually see more money than Johnson every month.

yeah you're right the tax for a PL footballer will be 50% now i dont know what the tax is in spain but i doubt its anything close to 50%

You're right. The higher tier in Spain is 25%. That said, a number of top english clubs are apparently paying their higher earners a portion of their wages as tax-free-loans to get around the problem and then writing the debt off. How this works I'm not 100% sure on but it means that the players end up paying around 40% tax instead.

40% Wow! How do they survive poor basturds.

I'm thinking we should have a whip-round for them....

If I earned 50k a week and I played in that cup semi final for Bolton I would have a whip round in the changing rooms and give the fans at least there ticket money back. I wouldnt expect this everytime they play bad but Bolton where a disgrace last week

They weren't much better against Fulham.

Do we really need these two - I say we don't