The Spanish football league are set to decide tomorrow whether to stage a strike over proposed tax changes by the government that would affect high-earning foreign players in the future.
Last month the LFP held an extraordinary general meeting with officials from all the clubs in Spain's top two divisions to consider, among other things, the planned changes to the so-called 'Beckham Law'.
It was decided at the time to delay any decision on what action to take until a second extraordinary meeting, giving a commission comprised of the club presidents of Real Madrid, Sevilla, Numancia and Gimnastic Tarragona time to hold dialogue with the government.
That second extraordinary meeting, which was originally scheduled to be held on November 19 before being put back, will be held tomorrow, where it is likely to be decided whether or not to suspend matches.
The Spanish government are planning to amend the 'Beckham Law' and raise the amount of tax foreigners earning above 600,000 euros a year pay from the current 24% to the 43% Spaniards have to pay.
The proposed changes, which are set to take place in January 2010, will not affect those players who already have contracts.
The 'Beckham Law', so-called because former Real Madrid star David Beckham was one of the first people to benefit from it, was aimed at attracting specially-qualified foreigners to Spain.
It was decided at the time to delay any decision on what action to take until a second extraordinary meeting, giving a commission comprised of the club presidents of Real Madrid, Sevilla, Numancia and Gimnastic Tarragona time to hold dialogue with the government.
That second extraordinary meeting, which was originally scheduled to be held on November 19 before being put back, will be held tomorrow, where it is likely to be decided whether or not to suspend matches.
The Spanish government are planning to amend the 'Beckham Law' and raise the amount of tax foreigners earning above 600,000 euros a year pay from the current 24% to the 43% Spaniards have to pay.
The proposed changes, which are set to take place in January 2010, will not affect those players who already have contracts.
The 'Beckham Law', so-called because former Real Madrid star David Beckham was one of the first people to benefit from it, was aimed at attracting specially-qualified foreigners to Spain.
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