Argentina manager Diego Maradona has reportedly had a pair of earings seized by Italian police. The World Cup-winning midfielder, who is staying in a spa in Merano, apparently owes £20.25m to the Italian taxman. The earings will go only a small way to paying off the bill, however, as they are only worth £3,500 Full story: Associated Press
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20.25million? Wtf
How much of that is interest I wonder -
Strange.
They take a pair of earings but not his house or car etc?
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does he have a house or car in italy ?Comment
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mate why you going mental at me ?
you mentioned the house or car
so i asked if he still had them back in italy.
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Haha, don't be so sensitive mate.Originally posted by Rafael Benítez Maudes View Post
Just seems like a strange thing to take, that's all.Comment
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mate it was you who was sensitive.
i seem to be upsetting everyone on here.
maybe time for me to call it a day and seek pastures new as they say.Comment
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sounds like someone is joining the MasonsOriginally posted by Rafael Benítez Maudes View Post relax Rafa.....have a drink mate
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How did he get in the position to owe £20m in taxes?The only gracious way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you can't ignore it, top it; if you can't top it, laugh at it; if you can't laugh at it, it's probably deserved.Comment
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I would think by not paying his taxes when he played there.Originally posted by Exiled_red View Post
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But even accounting for inflation and interest in all the years since he must have owed ALOT even back then. How did they let it get that serious?Originally posted by rudedog View PostI would think by not paying his taxes when he played there.The only gracious way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you can't ignore it, top it; if you can't top it, laugh at it; if you can't laugh at it, it's probably deserved.Comment
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hmm, not sure - maybe they add fines for refusing to pay?Originally posted by Exiled_red View PostComment
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Police have seized Diego Maradona's earrings - as part payment for the millions he owes the Italian taxman.
Maradona handed over the diamond studs while staying at a luxury hotel in Italy
Officials in the country paid the holidaying Argentinean football coach a visit, and seized the jewellery worth nearly £4,000.
They claim he still owes some £20m, dating back to his seven-year stint at the Italian club Napoli, when he often failed to pay income tax.
Maradona, 48, is currently staying at a spa in the town of Merano in north-eastern Italy, where he is trying to lose weight.
Maradona fled Buenos Aires on Monday after four defeats in five matches left Argentina little hope of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup.
In 2006, while staying near Naples prior to a charity match, Italian authorities took two of his Rolex watches worth £11,000.
Maradona's 'hand of God' cheat
In 2005, they seized the money he was to receive for taking part in a TV dancing show.
Four years earlier, he was met by 20 police officers as he got off a plane in Rome.
Italy's Supreme Court ordered the ex-footballer to pay 36 million euros in unpaid taxes.
According to the association of Italian taxpayers, Maradona still has 22.4 million euros to pay.
This week, Brazil legend Pele took a swipe at Maradona - saying he feels another Argentine-born player, Alfredo di Stefano, is the best player ever.
"Maradona was a great player, but he could not kick with his right foot and did not score goals with his head," he added.
"The only time he scored an important goal with his head, it turned out he had used his hand."
Pele was referring to Maradona's infamous "hand of God" goal in Argentina's 2-1 win over England during the 1986 World Cup, when he fooled the referee by punching the ball into the net.Comment
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