HMRC is currently investigating 171 professional football players, along with 44 league clubs and 31 football agents, as at 30 June 2018, a 90 percent increase from the 90 under investigation in September 2017, according to UHY Hacker Young.

Investigations into the football industry have resulted in HMRC collecting an additional £332 million in tax revenue since 2015/16.

HMRC established its specialist Football Compliance Project in April 2017 to oversee its activities within the industry, after a House of Commons Report concluded that tax avoidance was becoming widespread in the sport.

HMRC is increasingly en...