The Madrid press is still very much focused on the Spain team following their early exit from the World Cup. The players have arrived home now – their plane was struck by lighting yesterday as it landed in Madrid – and much analysis is going on as to what the future holds.
Looking at Real Madrid news, we’ll start with the story that the infamous Beckham Law is to be abolished by the Spanish Ministry of the Treasury under new tax reforms. The law, established in 2005, and named after Beckham following his arrival in the Spanish capital in 2003, was put in place to attract foreign workers to Spain in areas other than football.
But football clubs in Spain had an advantage over others elsewhere as players would only have to pay the minimum income tax rate of 24% tax on all their annual earnings.
AS has an interview with Gareth Bale’s Spanish teacher in which he says the Welshman is progressing well and is keen to be fully integrated as soon as possible. Michael Gómez Dobrott is half Spanish, half American, and has been teaching Bale since he signed from Spurs last season.
He told AS: “He’s a good student. He asks me to send him more homework as he is keen to integrate quickly. At first I found it strange – I was sending homework to Bale! Having said that, I felt comfortable from the start. He’s very down to earth, and even remembered my birthday and gave me one of his shirts!”
great bale…he is down to earth,that makes him fit into any team…