“When you can make multiple times that for the same job in a different location? Show me someone who just says ‘no thanks’ to that.
Well, there are other things in life that are important for well-being. If someone were to offer me tomorrow to move to Newcastle for twice the income, I would indeed politely decline, although the leap in quality of life would certainly be significantly greater than with the Gosens.
It’s not just about me, I could probably have secured a few more generations of my family with this money.
So if he didn’t completely fall on his head, that should (was) also possible with his Bergamo salary. If you earn at least 10 million over 10-15 years in your career, there is still enough left over after taxes to finance generations with halfway clever investments.
Mind you, Gosens only moved to Italy immediately after the introduction of the flat tax. So he has only paid mini taxes on his Bergamo salary for the last 5 years and should have been a multi-millionaire by now.