(07-11-2018 09:56 AM)TU4ever Wrote:  

(07-11-2018 09:24 AM)VA49er Wrote:  

(07-11-2018 09:05 AM)aTxTIGER Wrote:  

(07-11-2018 09:03 AM)Loco Bearcat Wrote:  

(07-11-2018 07:47 AM)VA49er Wrote:  No doubt he's a great player. I wonder what went down between him and Perez? I imagine both egos got in the way of him staying at RM.

Ronaldo wanted more $, he was making less than Neymar and Messi. Ronaldo felt that Perez and the club did not support him enough with the Spanish Tax authorities. I heard on Sirius XM Ch 157 that Ronaldo will pay hardly any taxes on his Endorsement Contracts since he is not an Italian citizen.

I heard that same thing on Sirius. He would pay 16 million in taxes on endorsements in Spain but only 100k in Italy.

I'd leave too.

So it looks like it came down to taxes on image rights? Makes sense. It seems lots of players in Spain run afoul of Spanish tax authorities when it comes to image rights.

I think it came down to no one is bigger than the club. They have been looking for a way out. It seems both found a good but not great solution. Ronaldo will be the man and through taxes actually probably gets a bump up in salary. Real moves some expenses to make room and unloads a player they were concerned may see a drop off in performance. Juve gets their world class star and might be able to make the books work to mostly avoid fair play snafu.

Seems a win all around.

Yeah, I can see that and it does seem like an overall win for both sides. However, if Perez had been willing to meet Ronaldo's pay demands, I'm pretty sure Ronaldo would have retired at RM. I don't see it going down this road with a certain other player and other La Liga team. I guess one can never really know though. My guess is RM doesn't do lifetime contracts, etc.