Mourinho accused of tax fraud during Real Madrid stint
Manchester United
boss José Mourinho has been accused of tax fraud by Spanish prosecutors
investigating his time as Real Madrid's head coach.
The Portuguese
manager is accused of defrauding Spain of €3.3m (£2.9m; $3.6m) in taxes between
2011 and 2012. He has yet to comment on the claim.
A prosecutor says he
did not declare income from the use of his image rights in order to get an
"illicit benefit".
Other big names in
football have been accused of tax fraud in Spain recently.
Those include Real
Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo, who played under Mr Mourinho and shares the
same agent. The player is accused of defrauding tax authorities of €14.7m, by
also hiding his income from image rights.
He denies the
accusations and is
threatening to leave Spain. The Portuguese international is set to
give evidence in his case on 31 July.
Mr Mourinho, 54, is
accused of two counts of tax fraud - €1.6m in 2011 and €1.7m in 2012. The
Madrid prosecutor says the case was presented to a local court.
Mourinho's major
trophies
- Champions League twice, with Porto in
2003-04 and Inter Milan 2009-10
- Premier League three times with Chelsea
in 2004-05, 2005-06, 2014-15
- La Liga title with Real Madrid in
2011-2012
Other footballers
have been accused of tax fraud in Spain:
- Barcelona and Argentina footballer Lionel Messi was
handed a 21-month suspended jail term. His father Jorge, who manages his
finances, was also convicted
- Barcelona defender Javier Mascherano -
also an Argentine - admitted tax fraud, escaping a jail term with a
one-year suspended sentence
- Barcelona and Brazilian star Neymar is
facing allegations of corruption and fraud over his transfer to the
Spanish club in 2013 - a case which also involves his parents. Prosecutors
allege the transfer cost much more than publicly declared, and that
millions were concealed from authorities
- Former Barcelona president Sandro Rosell, was
arrested in May as part of a money-laundering investigation
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