Dougie, Sam.

Bundesliga tax is a phrase that gets thrown around a lot.

You said it last week, but is there such a thing?

Does it actually mean anything?

Let's explore.

Is the Bundesliga tax real?

Many have claimed that players from the Bundesliga

struggle to replicate their performances when moving to the Premier League.

And one example of this is Jayden Sanchez.

This is why I can never ever take the Bundesliga that seriously.

In recent years, imports from the Bundesliga seem to be more missed than hit.

With big money acquisitions like Pulisic, Werner, Allaire and Keita failing to catch fire in the Brem.

Bundesliga tax does not apply to Manchester City,

who assign players like Harland, KDB, Company, Gundaran, Sane, Akanji.

Bundesliga tax refers to the drop-off that occurs

when a player moves from the Bundesliga to the Premier League.

Yes, hello everybody and welcome to another episode of The Truth.

I am your host, Sam Tai. Joining me is my co-host and friend, Doogie Critchley. How are you, mate? I'm very well. Great to have you back on English soil after your trip to Latvia. I was in Jersey myself. Jack was watching the birth of a new star at Craven Cottage. Oh, I was wondering where you were going with that. I was too. I wasn't miles from Chelsea West's doing a star sport. Yes, that is our overlord, Jack Collins, you can hear too. Hello, Jack. Hello, Sam. I do resent Overlord, I'll be honest. We're only three weeks in. I know, I know. Not much luckier if he carries on like this. I can't go on like this. People enjoy it. People like it. Good. I'm glad to hear it. It really doesn't matter if you like it because the people like it. And yes, Diggy, I was away. Riga away for Sam to IFC. Good to get out. I didn't get any summer breaks.

I worked all the way through. I was supposed to take six weeks off between freelancing and joining ESPN did not work to the entire thing. So probably going to crash and burn at some point. But for now, I feel great. Well overdue. I feel great. Latvian food and Latvian drink and Latvian archery. I've got to say it really, as it really suited me, Riga, Latvia. It was really nice. The cuisine is very like, it reminded me of Prague, its meats, it's carbohydrate and its source and there's not a lot of fibre going around. But that's what my body's used to. Like that is my diet and then add 10 beers a day.

And you've got, that's my, that's my day to day.

So the lads I was with, they were flagging by the end a little bit.

And they were quite impressed at how much I was able to put away.

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