- Henderson would pay a 45 per cent chop on his earnings from Saudi Arabia
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Jordan Henderson would face a £7million tax hit if he returned to the Premier League as he intends.
The former Liverpool captain is agitating for a move back to England after struggling to settle at Steven Gerrard‘s Al-Ettifaq in Saudi Arabia, Mail Sport reported on Sunday.
Henderson told his team-mates he is considering his options and it is understood that backlash from the LGBTQ+ community, a different lifestyle and conditions, and Al-Ettifaq’s uninspiring season are factors in his discontent.
Current UK tax laws dictate that those who leave to work abroad must pay a 45 per cent slice on what they earned if they return before a year has passed.
Henderson is understood to be earning £700,000 per week and so would face a mammoth £7m blow to his finances if he returned to the Premier League in January.
Jordan Henderson would face a £7million tax bill if he returned to the Premier League
Mail Sport understands that the 33-year-old is unsettled at Al-Ettifaq despite earning £700,000 per week
The tax-free element of his pay packet only applies if he stays in Saudi Arabia for two years and the country has a flat income tax rate of 20 per cent.
His stint in Saudi Arabia so far has not quite gone to plan after a £12m exit from Liverpool.
The 33-year-old insisted that he did not move to Al-Ettifaq for money, but with Steven Gerrard’s side sitting eighth in the table, immediate sporting glory looks far-fetched.
Manager Gerrard has come under pressure after a winless run of eight games stretching back to December and his assistant, Ian Foster, resigned last week to become Plymouth Argyle’s manager in another sign of diusruption at the club.
Gerrard and Foster, who began his coaching career at Liverpool’s Academy and previously worked at the FA, were both instrumental in persuading Henderson to move to Saudi last summer.
Henderson, who vocally supported LGBTQ+ groups during his time an Anfield, has faced lots of…