Tottenham finally top a table as they rack up the highest interest payments in the Premier League

Tottenham haven’t gained a trophy since the 2008 League Cup and haven’t gained the identify for 62 years however they’ve finally crowned a Premier League table — for interest payments.

Spurs forked out £22.2million in interest on loans remaining season, the highest determine of any membership in the top flight, surpassing even the infamously interest-amassing Manchester United, who spent ‘only’ £20.6m.

Tottenham’s payments relate to £853m in remarkable loans, borrowed to construct the 62,000-seat stadium.

Spurs’ chairman Daniel Levy noticed his remuneration building up 22 in line with cent, from £2.7m to £3.3m, making him the highest paid director in the top flight remaining season. Manchester City CEO Ferran Soriano is known to make a identical quantity but it surely isn’t damaged down in membership accounts.

As if issues couldn’t get any brighter for Spurs, they formally introduced that 5.9 billion folks are actually ‘interested in events held at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium’ — on the foundation soccer, NFL, F1, boxing, rugby and track occasions are staged there or might be.

Daniel Levy’s Tottenham forked out a large £22.2 million in interest on loans remaining season

Someone in advertising and marketing clearly neglected a trick in now not announcing food and drinks are to be had too, thereby making the stadium a must-visit venue for 100 in line with cent of the international’s 8billion folks.

 Where are Raducanu’s tens of millions?

Emma Raducanu paid simply £90,670 tax by way of her UK corporate remaining yr, regardless of incomes tens of millions in prize cash and agreeing a raft of profitable sponsorship offers.

The 20-year-old British No1 surprised the tennis international in 2021 by means of changing into the first qualifier ever to win a Grand Slam ultimate. The then 18-year-old picked up $2.5m (£1.8m) for successful the US Open, on top of £180,000 from achieving Wimbledon’s fourth spherical the similar yr.

Following her surprising Flushing Meadows triumph, Raducanu’s control negotiated sponsorship offers estimated at round £15m in general with offers from the likes of Vodafone, HSBC, Dior and Nike to Porsche, British Airways, Wilson, Evian and Tiffany.

However, freshly revealed monetary accounts — protecting the yr to twenty-eight February 2022 — display the modest company tax cost, indicating her Harbour 6 Limited company made a benefit of simply £477,210 right through a memorable yr.

So the place’s all the money? First, Raducanu, like maximum tennis avid gamers, doesn’t put on-court profits into her corporate; slightly assets say she will pay tax on her winnings in the community (in the US for the Open win), and banks the relaxation.

Emma Raducanu paid beneath £100,000 tax by way of her UK corporate in the yr to  28 February 2022

As for the endorsement offers, it’s understood that tax is paid in a couple of jurisdictions, and that the majority of them had now not been finalised by means of the accounting yr finish anyway, so it gained’t be till this time subsequent yr we’ll see a clearer image of what a powerhouse she’s turn into.

 Bankers baffled by means of loss of Man United bids

The financial institution liable for brokering the sale of Manchester United were bowled over by means of the loss of bids for the membership, which stand at two recognized bidders (Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Qatar’s Sheikh Jassim) and possibly ‘a few’ others.

In distinction, Chelsea attracted 27 bids first of all remaining yr. A supply advised the MoS: ‘One train of thought is the fact Manchester United are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. As such, they are regulated by the SEC and this may have been seen as a bar to some investors. The SEC are rigorous, you don’t f**ok round with this regulator.

‘Certainly bidders will be extremely cautious about announcing their intentions publicly or may have been put off completely.’

 Six Nations prize cash hits document prime

The Six Nations are enjoying for document sums of prize cash value round £16.5m. With the event transferring in opposition to a denouement in the subsequent fortnight, assets say the successful country will pocket £6m, with 2nd position pocketing £3.5m, then £2.5m for 3rd, £2m for fourth, £1.5m for 5th, and £1m for Wales. Or whoever finishes backside, this is.

This yr’s Six Nations prizepot of £16.5 million is the highest in the event’s historical past

The Six Nations have now not showed the quantities, alternatively the event organisers are buoyed by means of the four-year broadcast contract with ITV and BBC, that helps to keep the event on terrestrial tv till 2025.

 HMRC will get difficult on suffering soccer golf equipment

The Government is taking a look to near a loophole — the so-called ‘football creditors rule’ — that has noticed troubled soccer golf equipment keep away from £30m in tax since 2019. The advert hoc rule calls for golf equipment taking a look to come back out of management to pay 25p in each and every £1 it owes HMRC. 

Just this week HMRC loved a win after Southend paid an excellent £1.4m tax invoice – the complete quantity due. An HMRC spokesperson advised the Mail on Sunday: ‘We’ve introduced in £573million from throughout the soccer trade that will differently have long gone unpaid since 2015.’