Premier League stars are being ordered to provide ‘non existent’ evidence to prove their agents’ involvement in transfers as part of a major retrospective tax purge on players.
The Inland Revenue are investigating a host of historic transfers dating as far back as September 2018 as they seek further payments from players in relation to agents fees in a clampdown that could cost footballers millions of pounds in extra tax.
Sportsmail can reveal that the HMRC are asking players to document their representatives’ involvement in deals with emails, texts and WhatsApp messages, details of any phone calls and all correspondence linked to transfers - a request that has caused huge discontent amongst the playing and agent community.