Gavros
1:21 Thu Apr 27
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He had a very big forehead. Thats about all i remember about him.
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Josh
1:19 Thu Apr 27
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The deal being looked into is apparently the Alou Diarra one.
What a shower he was too!
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1964
12:57 Thu Apr 27
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So are we in the clear or not? Does anyone know? Are the BBC and Roan still stiring the shit?
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goose
12:52 Thu Apr 27
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One source told us: “To be honest it felt like a huge fishing exercise, we don’t know what it’s all about to be honest but are assisting wherever and whenever asked.”
honest guv' we've no idea.
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Josh
12:50 Thu Apr 27
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Former NUFC midfielder Sylvain Marveaux reportedly among those arrested in France as part of tax-fraud investigation
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Gavros
12:46 Thu Apr 27
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yeah but they were in Stratford so they could have been pounced upon by a feral postcode gang at any point.
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Kaiser Zoso
12:45 Thu Apr 27
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Apparently they didn't need their stab proof vests they wore.
That's a relief.
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Willtell
12:37 Thu Apr 27
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Westside 11:50 Thu Apr 27
"Willtell
If that were the case why are HMRC specifically saying it's an investigation into PAYE/NIC fraud? What we do or don't pay in transfer fees to another club, has nothing to do with those taxes."
You are benefiting from a later report but just because French authorities say that is what HMR&C are doing doesn't mean they will find any.
According to the last report I read from C&H there were no arrests and no computers etc removed. Just 2 or 3 print outs of deals done. - http://www.claretandhugh.info/
"West Ham’s top brass are tonight relaxed after a day of high drama which saw HMRC officers stage swoops on the London Stadium and Rush Green Training Centre.
The 30 or so officers arrived at 8 am but after nearly 12 hours there have been no arrests and not a single laptop, PC or portable phone has been taken away for further investigation!
The numbers of investigating officers dwindled during the day and the Rush Green complex was “free of them ” towards lunchtime whilst about ten remained at the stadium offices.
Print-outs of two or three deals were taken away as life slowly returned to normal with one insider revealing that the atmosphere is “relaxed” and we have cooperated and assisted every step of the way.
Officers visited various offices at the stadium and the club’s finance team were thought to have been prominent in helping.
One source told us: “To be honest it felt like a huge fishing exercise, we don’t know what it’s all about to be honest but are assisting wherever and whenever asked.”
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Gavros
12:33 Thu Apr 27
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bit out of order going after raspberries.
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Northern Sold
12:29 Thu Apr 27
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https://westhamworld.co.uk/demba-ba-reportedly-reason-behind-west-ham-raid/
West Ham endured a dramatic day yesterday, as their premises were raided as part of a HMRC investigation.
The Hammers, along with Newcastle United, were raided by HMRC officers and plenty of speculation soon followed as to the reason of the action taken.
Now, The Sun reports that Demba Ba’s transfer from West Ham to Newcastle in 2011 triggered the raid amidst a £5m probe into fraud in football.
Ba signed for Newcastle six-years ago and impressed over two-seasons with the club, before returning to London and joining Chelsea- where he struggled to earn consistent opportunities.
“Image rights had been widely used to avoid paying national insurance and income tax on player salaries. The money was paid into offshore accounts.”
“Newcastle and West Ham were repeatedly asked to cooperate but officers felt they were far from helpful. There is a large focus on the movements of players between France and England from 2011 onwards. French authorities are assisting.”
Both clubs have completed numerous transfers in recent history with French side Marseille, another speculated reason behind the raid, but West Ham stating yesterday they were co-operating fully with the investigation.
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goose
12:28 Thu Apr 27
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the Demba Ba paper train from West Ham to Newcastle to Chelsea.
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Gavros
12:25 Thu Apr 27
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since when has a footballers ability to read stopped them playing football?
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WorldCupWilly
12:24 Thu Apr 27
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Sven Roeder 11:37 Thu Apr 27
A better punishment with any payments to a player outside the contract should make that player illegible to play in a match. Any match played with an illegible player should be voided and deemed a 0-3 result to the opposition.
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Willtell
12:22 Thu Apr 27
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East Auckland Hammer 11:18 Wed Apr 26
"Would it surprise you if we were caught out though Willtell?"
Yes mate it would. G&S+B have been running businesses for years and if they were crooked it would have been discovered long before now. When you have £billions you don't fiddle tax & NI on payments to staff. It is too easily discovered.
Payments to tax havens are a different matter entirely but I'm not sure our owners would do that!
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Swiss.
12:17 Thu Apr 27
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Will be payments made to players into Offshore Benefit schemes like Rangers I guess.
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betrayedby the board
12:13 Thu Apr 27
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Pretty sure the Payet 'loyalty' payment was in his contract as automatic payment if he was still there on 1st September so it would have been in his wages like everything else
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Lily Hammer
12:11 Thu Apr 27
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Since Hollande got in a few years back, everyone in France with money has been trying to do what they can to avoid the sky high tax he implemented.
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Gavros
12:07 Thu Apr 27
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in his monthly wage transfer i would 'suspect'.
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Johnson
12:06 Thu Apr 27
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We made a loyalty payment (bribe) to Payet to stay didn't we?
Wonder how that was declared...
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riosleftsock
11:53 Thu Apr 27
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Tucked away in the detail of the bbc piece, it says two things.
The HMRC are working at the request of the french tax authority.
The request by the French was made in July last year.
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Eggbert Nobacon
11:52 Thu Apr 27
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Read this morning it's about Ba when he left us for Newcastle
As it was a free transfer that would likely explain why Newcastle had people arrested and we didn';t
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