Craig
31-10-2007, 13:05
Liverpool has launched an investigation into how a star player's payslip - showing a monthly salary of £139,634 - ended up on the internet.
The document shows Norwegian John Arne Riise's net pay, his home address, national insurance number and other personal details.
The payslip - an ordinary payslip that even has a column for student loan contributions - has appeared on a series of football fans' forums.
A Liverpool spokesman said today that an investigation has been launched to establish what happened.
He said: 'We are taking the matter extremely seriously and we are investigating.'
Riise, 27, is paid a basic salary of £120,000 and his April payslip reveals he was paid £4,000 in appearance bonuses and a £250 'points bonus'.
A close friend of Riise told the Daily Star: 'He feels completely violated and, quite frankly, cannot think who within his circle of company would be so cheap and hurtful to do this to him.
'It is the work of some low-life bastard who ha somehow got hold of it and put it straight on to the net.'
The Kop ace also landed a Champions League salary increase of £15,384.
His take home pay was £82,413 and his monthly tax payment was £55,508.
Bizarrely, £65 was deducted for meals.
Several Liverpool players' homes have been broken into during the last 18 months but Riise's home was not burgled.
A club insider said it is unknown how someone obtained the payslip.
He said: 'It must have been stolen but the player simply doesn't know how it has happened.
'I can assure you that John Arne Riise is not in the habit of throwing payslips out.
'It's clearly been stolen and taken without his permission.
'Nobody would want their details - highly personal details - put all over the internet.'
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Liverpool star fumes as payslip turns up on web | Metro.co.uk (http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/football/article.html?in_article_id=73705&in_page_id=43)
One question, if he's on that much money a month, or was. Then why did he get declared bankrupt when he was only like 100k in debt?
The document shows Norwegian John Arne Riise's net pay, his home address, national insurance number and other personal details.
The payslip - an ordinary payslip that even has a column for student loan contributions - has appeared on a series of football fans' forums.
A Liverpool spokesman said today that an investigation has been launched to establish what happened.
He said: 'We are taking the matter extremely seriously and we are investigating.'
Riise, 27, is paid a basic salary of £120,000 and his April payslip reveals he was paid £4,000 in appearance bonuses and a £250 'points bonus'.
A close friend of Riise told the Daily Star: 'He feels completely violated and, quite frankly, cannot think who within his circle of company would be so cheap and hurtful to do this to him.
'It is the work of some low-life bastard who ha somehow got hold of it and put it straight on to the net.'
The Kop ace also landed a Champions League salary increase of £15,384.
His take home pay was £82,413 and his monthly tax payment was £55,508.
Bizarrely, £65 was deducted for meals.
Several Liverpool players' homes have been broken into during the last 18 months but Riise's home was not burgled.
A club insider said it is unknown how someone obtained the payslip.
He said: 'It must have been stolen but the player simply doesn't know how it has happened.
'I can assure you that John Arne Riise is not in the habit of throwing payslips out.
'It's clearly been stolen and taken without his permission.
'Nobody would want their details - highly personal details - put all over the internet.'
http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2007/10/sport/Payslipliverpool_800x572.jpg
Liverpool star fumes as payslip turns up on web | Metro.co.uk (http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/football/article.html?in_article_id=73705&in_page_id=43)
One question, if he's on that much money a month, or was. Then why did he get declared bankrupt when he was only like 100k in debt?