The Premier League striker at the centre of a £1.1million tax fraud investigation is involved in a business whose shareholders include Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish and the head of the one of the most powerful sports agencies in the British game.
Brighton and former Palace striker Glenn Murray, and his wife Stacey, were arrested on Tuesday, with HMRC officers searching their Sussex home. The couple were later released.
Sportsmail can reveal that Murray, his agent Will Salthouse and Parish are shareholders in a chicken restaurant business called Dirtybird Restaurants Limited.
A statement from HMRC confirmed the couple's arrest, adding: 'The man was arrested on suspicion of evading income tax and VAT, and cheating the public revenue.