The top scorer in the history of Colombia’s national team is coming home, but only for six months because he doesn’t want to pay the nation’s wealth tax.
After a career that included stints at Atletico de Madrid, Chelsea and Manchester United, striker <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"00000190-3cd0-d497-a7fb-fcddc5d80000","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Radamel Falcao Garcia is joining Millonarios FC, the Bogota-based club he supported as a child.
But Falcao, 38, said that despite his love for the club, he’ll only stick around for six months to avoid being on the hook for a 1.5% tax on his global assets.
The wealth tax “had a very strong impact that ...
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