Andy Murray is really attached to his country and his family!
The world no.1 has often put in “jeopardy” his personal schedule to play the Davis Cup for his country, and when he wasn’t able to play, he has also shown up at the event just to support his team. The Briton was crucial for winning the Davis Cup trophy in 2015. Among Andy’s most important titles (“for his country”) there are also two gold medals in London and Rio and two Wimbledon.
Andy hasn’t demonstrated his attachment to his country only by winning these trophies, but also for the fact that he has decided to keep his residence in the UK instead moving to a country with a more favorable tax regime like some other top players. This would have been easy to achieve also because usually he is at least 40 weeks on tour and he regularly trains in Florida during the winter break.
Why Andy wants to keep his residence in the UK
During a recent interview at the Roland Garros, Andy commented
“The only chance of me living somewhere else is if I had a bunch of friends or some of my family were living elsewhere, and I would move to spend time with them.
But I wouldn’t want to go and live somewhere not to pay any tax and not to have any of my family and friends around me. I wouldn’t do that.”
In 2016 Andy earned £10.8 million in prize money (you may more than double the figure if you add the endorsements). Going to a tax-free country would save him at least £10 million, but for Andy family and friends are more important than money.
