Chapter 716 Good News and Bad News
There are reports that Arsenal, Middlesbrough and Leeds United have all used "employee benefit trusts" to help players evade taxes.
It is said that at Arsenal, Henry relied on this method to earn an extra 70 pounds a year, and Wenger could escape at least 11 pounds.
The "Guardian" revealed that the average actual tax rate of English football players is only about 20.00%.
换言之假设皮尔洛索要的是320万英镑（400万欧元）的税后工资加奖金，那么李维实际上需要支付的只是400万英镑税前工资给皮尔洛，而不是在意大利的700万欧元（560万英镑）的税前工资。中间相差了300万欧元。
Because England's relaxed financial environment is also one of the important reasons why Liverpool claims to be able to attract Pirlo.
Juventus offered an annual salary of 400 million euros, and Liverpool dared to offer an annual salary of 450 million euros!The actual payment is even lower than Juventus.
Some people may ask, why is Juventus not legally avoiding taxes?
Juventus also thinks, on the one hand, it is a policy issue, and on the other hand, Juventus has also been noticed by many media and football associations behind the phone door.Perhaps with the passage of time, the media and the Football Association will not continue to focus on Juventus, but at least that is the future, not the present.
Before Li Wei promised Pirlo a five-year contract, assuming that Pirlo agreed to Liverpool's annual salary of 540 million euros before tax (about 450 million euros after tax).A Juventus midfielder at its peak for at least three years in the future, Liverpool only needs to pay Pirlo [-] pounds a week!
You must know that Gerrard's weekly salary is also 12 pounds!
Is Pirlo not worth the money?
For this reason, Li Wei directly arranged for Harry Thompson, the vice chairman of the club, to follow up the transfer in person.
He knows that for a player like Pirlo, what he pursues is not just money, but also sincerity.If you randomly send a staff member to take charge, Pirlo will feel that you are not wanting him to join, but humiliating him.
It's just that Li Wei doesn't know how the current progress of this transfer has been going on for almost half a year.
Because he didn't have the mind to pay attention to these, the previous matches against Real Madrid, Barcelona, and chasing after Manchester United in the league all consumed a lot of Li Wei's energy.
Harry Thompson said on the phone: "There are two news, one good news and one bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"
Li Wei was speechless. He said casually, "Let's listen to the good news first. The bad news is definitely not too serious, otherwise you wouldn't be fooling me."
"The good news is that Pirlo's contract renewal failed 100%." Harry Thompson said seriously.
Levi was not surprised by this. He knew that Pirlo had 100% failed to renew his contract before letting Harry Thompson contact him. Otherwise, how could he do useless things?
Of course, Harry Thompson didn't know all this. He had contacted Pirlo before, and Pirlo didn't actually think about AC Milan immediately.Although Pirlo moved from Inter Milan to AC Milan, Pirlo moved to AC Milan as early as 2001, and has played for the Rossoneri for a full ten years now!From a 22-year-old young man to a 32-year-old bearded man.
How could Pirlo have no feelings for AC Milan?
Harry Thompson said: "I thought that AC Milan would successfully renew Pirlo this time, because Pirlo's negotiation with us is actually putting pressure on AC Milan. What makes me most helpless and admired is that although Pirlo is using us Putting pressure on AC Milan, but he is not prepared to increase his annual salary or even keep his current annual salary, he is willing to cut his salary by one-third."
"But it's a pity that Pirlo loves AC Milan, but AC Milan doesn't love Pirlo, or AC Milan's love for Pirlo is not deep enough. AC Milan is only willing to offer Pirlo an annual salary of 200 million euros after tax. It is one-third of Pirlo's annual salary. Most importantly, they rejected Pirlo's request for a three-year contract extension. After many negotiations, they actually proposed a so-called two-year contract extension, that is, a 1+1 contract, that is, to renew the contract first Until the summer of 2012, we will decide whether to renew the contract for another year depending on the performance."
Levi said: "That means we have successfully won Pirlo?"
Harry Thompson smiled bitterly and said: "This is the bad news I am going to tell you about Benedict. Juventus has also contacted Pirlo. Although their annual salary after tax is only 400 million euros, Milan and both Ling (where Juventus is located) is very close, which is 140 kilometers. If Pirlo doesn't mind, he can go back and forth between Turin and Milan every day. The most important thing is that Pirlo's family wants him to stay in Italy so that they You don't have to go to England to adapt to your new life."
Li Wei sighed and said, "It seems that you want me to do it myself."
Harry Thompson said helplessly: "I'm sorry for Benedict. Although Pirlo has not yet decided which club to sign with, Juventus is now the leading one. In terms of salary, although we offer a higher price than Juventus Si Gao, but obviously 50 euros is not enough to change Pirlo's mind. Unless we are willing to offer an annual salary of 600 million euros after tax."
Li Wei said decisively: "This is impossible!"
It is not a question of whether Pirlo is worth the annual salary of 600 million euros after tax, but that Pirlo's salary will have an impact on Liverpool's existing salary structure.
Some midfielders will think that an old man like Pirlo can get an annual salary of 600 million euros after tax, and we are not greedy. It should be an annual salary of 500 million or 450 million euros after tax, right?
The annual salary of the midfielders is going to increase, so should the defenders and forwards also increase?
Therefore, Li Wei is absolutely not allowed to persuade Pirlo with too high an annual salary.
Li Wei thought for a while and said: "I'm booking the ticket now, and I should arrive at night. You can arrange for the staff to borrow me. At the same time, I asked Pirlo out. I remember that it was Pirlo. What I want to see is not his agent." People. The best time to make an appointment is tonight. My time is very tight. I will play against Fulham in four days. I have to finish my business in Italy as soon as possible and then return to Liverpool.”
Harry Thompson said, "Okay!"