Private Client Adviser: Some former footballers will have to sell their homes to pay disputed tax to HMRC. The vast majority of professional football clubs in England and Scotland (85 per cent) do not take an active role in their players' tax affairs, potentially exposing them to illegal tax avoidance schemes.
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