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SPL football: European agents squeezing clubs over players' potential 'tax traps'

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Karim Benzema of Al-Ittihad lifts the trophy after winning the Saudi Pro League on 26 May 2025 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Karim Benzema of Al-Ittihad lifts the trophy after winning the Saudi Pro League on 26 May 2025 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. © Stringer TPX Images of the day/Reuters

Becoming a football superpower, part 8: With tax-free salaries a big lure for elite sportsmen in the Kingdom, the issue of "home-country" liabilities is now becoming a wage bargaining tool during contract negotiations, Intelligence Online has learned. Agents of younger players, more likely to return to Europe sooner, are particularly hot on the issue.

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