Premier League star caught up in costly image rights row affecting his performances

The taxman has been on a purge over image rights deals.

And one big name has been caught up in an almighty row with their club and HMRC after putting himself on a collision course with both.

The player in question got a deal worth over £200,000-a-week after sacrificing 50 per cent of his image rights to help get the agreement over the line.

But HMRC are determined to see genuine proof of earnings on image rights and the club also wants their pound of flesh in terms of marketing and commercial deals.

However, the player signed the contract and never assumed that he would have to do anything extra - but got a rude shock when he was given an allotted amount of time and personal appearances for the club.

It has caused huge rows and fall-outs between the player, his agent and the club - and perhaps explains why his form has been patchy this season to say the least.

The player, who is not being named, is far from being alone in this situation as HMRC are determined to make sure that image rights is no longer a tax dodge or a way of boosting salary without actually doing anything for it.

It was good and a refreshing change to see FIFA put a major emphasis on fans in the stadium in their new technology for semi-automatic offsides.

All too often the match-going fan is kept out of the loop while TV viewers get to see everything.

But a major part of the trials features animated pictures explaining offside decisions and they will be shown as quickly as possible on stadium big screens.

Arsene Wenger and former England boss Steve McClaren are just two of the FIFA bigwigs in Abu Dhabi for the Club World Cup.

Former Arsenal boss Wenger has attended all of the games while McClaren is working for FIFA in a technical role, putting