£32b according to this from PL alone since its inception. https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/tax/hmrc-policy/premier-league-makes-ps32bn-tax-contribution?amp Sure there will me lots of creative accounting going on though.
I'm actually surprised it's so low given the scale of wages now and the scope of vat. I'd probably put a 90% tax on the top earners, not 80%.
Who could have foreseen that a "gentlemen's agreement" with the Saudis might not be honoured? I'm shocked, shocked I tell you. He needs to make sure he doesn't accept any invites to discuss the matter in their embassy or he'll be inside Monday's meat and tatie pies.
They have unsettled him. It was common knowledge the sort of value Newcastle were placing on him. Liverpool tried it on with a low ball offer, knowing full well they'd not get him for that, and no doubt hoping it would cause ructions and they might just get him for not much more. They knew exactly what they were doing.