Show Notes
We’re trying something new at DNSYE — PREVIEW, our attempt to fill some of the space left behind by programmes and fanzines, combining longer-form written pieces with the usual podcast discussion. And for the first proper outing, Peter has chosen something reassuringly straightforward: Spanish tax law, Luxembourg finance vehicles and the forthcoming Gino Pozzo trial. What could possibly go wrong?
We look at what the case is actually about, why some of the assumptions surrounding it may not be quite right, and — most importantly for Watford supporters — why events dating back more than a decade at Granada could potentially matter at Vicarage Road today. There are previous Spanish football cases, an old Watford connection that raises a few eyebrows, two very different interpretations of the same financial arrangements and plenty still to be decided when proceedings begin in November.
Along the way Carl asks the fairly inevitable question about whether any of this tells us something about Watford’s own finances, while Peter attempts to explain an extremely complicated case without accidentally qualifying as a Spanish tax lawyer. The full research is in PREVIEW; this is the conversation that came out of it.
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