La Liga Boss, “Ronaldo left Spain Because Of Tax”

La Liga president Javier Tebas is of the opinion that Juventus forward, Cristiano Ronaldo, may have left Real Madrid because of Spain’s higher tax rates.

The Portuguese star had last year appeared in a Spanish court where he faced allegations that he evaded millions in tax, and was recently reported to have accepted a suspended prison sentence to settle his tax fraud case.

He left the European champions in a €100m transfer earlier this month with the Spanish league chief citing Italy’s top tax rate of 46% compared to Spain’s 52%.

“Ronaldo will earn more money in Italy than here (in Spain) so we are at a disadvantage,” Tebas told an interview with Marca.

“It is a problem for us because it restricts us from competing in an international market, as players will make more in net in other countries than they do here.

“Spain is the worst of all the big leagues for tax purposes, as the players are losing big sums of money compared to elsewhere.

“We must question this because it is penalising us on what we have the potential to do.”

Ronaldo, who has won the Ballon d’Or five times, has finally moved to the Serie A champions, and will begin another phase of his career in Turin.

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